Place · Central Europe
Troyes
Ancient names: Augustobona, Tricasses
A town in Champagne, northern France, where Rashi was born and founded his school.
48.2975°N 4.0748°E · representative coordinate · Pleiades 108775 ↗
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The towering figure was Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, Rashi (1040 to 1105), a native of Troyes in northern France. He studied at the rabbinic academies of Mainz and Worms and, at about age 25, went back to Troyes, where he founded his own school. The learning of Rashi, his sons and his pupils transformed the study of Bible and Talmud throughout the Jewish world. Southern France, especially Provence, had old Jewish communities tied to Catalonia and Christian Spain. Of northern France before the year 1000 very little is known; afterward regions such as Normandy and Champagne drew Jewish merchants (later pulled into moneylending) and became centers of learning. Troyes was Rashi's city. In England, Jews of French origin began to settle after the Norman conquest of 1066.
Community: Jews of Troyes
The towering figure was Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, Rashi (1040 to 1105), a native of Troyes in northern France. He studied at the rabbinic academies of Mainz and Worms and, at about age 25, went back to Troyes, where he founded his own school. The learning of Rashi, his sons and his pupils transformed the study of Bible and Talmud throughout the Jewish world. Southern France, especially Provence, had old Jewish communities tied to Catalonia and Christian Spain. Of northern France before the year 1000 very little is known; afterward regions such as Normandy and Champagne drew Jewish merchants (later pulled into moneylending) and became centers of learning. Troyes was Rashi's city. In England, Jews of French origin began to settle after the Norman conquest of 1066.