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  Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved

  by Maggie Anton

  Rashi’s Daughters is the story of three sisters who lived in 11th century Troyes, France. The great Talmudic authority Salomon ben Isaac, a.k.a. Rashi, had no sons. At a time when most women were illiterate and the rare educated woman was one who could read the Bible, Rashi’s daughters studied Talmud. They were also vintners, midwives, merchants and mothers of the next generation of Talmudic scholars. Built... (more)