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Is there an English translation of Rashi's commentary on the Talmud available online?

msh210
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Seth J
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  • I don't even think there's a version in print. It wouldn't be popular because all the translations (Artscroll, etc.) already incorporate Rashi into their translation and footnotes. – b a Jun 27 '12 at 18:51
  • @ba, I'd consider those to be print versions. If there's an online English Talmud with Rashi, that would suffice. I've seen one on a Christian site. I don't know how complete it is, nor how accurate it is, but I would not rely on it. – Seth J Jun 27 '12 at 18:56
  • I meant to say that there isn't one in print, kal vechomer there isn't one available online for free. Are you saying that you want a translation of the Talmud that incorporates Rashi into the translation and footnotes? – b a Jun 27 '12 at 20:17
  • @ba, Either would do for my purposes. (I was asked a related question and thought I'd pose it this way to the community.) – Seth J Jun 27 '12 at 20:28
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    Seth asked this question on my behalf (thanks cousin). The background to the question: AFAIK Rashi's commentary on the Talmud has never been translated into English. Yes, modern English translations (Artscroll, Steinsaltz) refer to Rashi in their translation and footnotes -- but that is not really the same thing. And it occurred to me that the internet could solve this problem: Imagine a crowdsourced translation project, in which people around the world contribute translations of 1-2 sentences at a time. ... –  Jun 28 '12 at 20:04
  • ... (You'd need to build in some mechanism for editing and verifying accuracy -- say a rating system.)

    Of course such a project would be completely unnecessary if a translation already existed, which (I think) is why Seth posed the question.

     –  Jun 28 '12 at 20:04
  • @MichaelWeiss That's the kind of thing done at http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/ – b a Jun 28 '12 at 20:58
  • @ba Well, at the English counterpart, since it's an English text. – msh210 Jun 28 '12 at 22:36
  • @MichaelWeiss, you are correct. I was trying to see if anyone else knew of an existing translation. Sadly, you also seem to be correct that it doesn't exist. But, on a more positive note, welcome to Mi Yodeya! I hope you stick around. I think you'd enjoy the site. – Seth J Jul 02 '12 at 19:12
  • As others have stated, you may have to use a translation that incorporates Rashi. The Soncino translation is widely available online, and the footnotes often parallel Rashi. The "Point by Point Outline" on dafyomi.co.il also refers to Rashi. – Ephraim Oct 25 '13 at 05:29
  • There is however a very useful explanation of Rashi in the back of the Mesivta Oz Vehadar Gemaras. – termsofservice Oct 24 '13 at 23:56
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    The public are working on it over at Sefaria! – WAF Jul 03 '14 at 13:36

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I noticed that on Mercava they have translations for Rashi.

Dr. Shmuel
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Apparently Rashi on the Talmud has not been translated into English... yet.

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There is no translation of Rashi, but I would suggest using the Text-format Rashi on Shas online at Hebrewbooks.org; they put Shas, Rashi, and Tosafot in a format similar to the Bar Ilan cd, which allows for easy learning, word-by-word.

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    How do you know that "there is no translation of Rashi" into English? – Double AA Aug 02 '12 at 00:22
  • @DoubleAA It seems that it probably would have gotten more publicity if it existed. Of course, it's often said that you can't prove a negative. – b a Aug 02 '12 at 06:43
  • @ba That logic, while formally flawed, would at least potentially be his source. As it is now it is an assertion in a vacuum. – Double AA Aug 02 '12 at 06:45
  • However, if you look at SethJ's definition which he gave in his comment, it appears that there are translations, just not online. – b a Aug 02 '12 at 06:48
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Pretty sure rashi is included either in parenthesis or footnotes, check their introduction for a guide to formatting http://halakhah.com/indexrst.html

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