Rabbi Solomon ben Meir () was

Rashi Shlomo Yitzchaki (; ; ; 13 July 1105) was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible. He is commonly known by the List of rabbis known by acronyms, Rabbinic acronym Rashi (). Born in Troyes, Rashi stud ...

's grandson. He was born after Rashi's death and is therefore named for his grandfather. He was one of the

Tosafot The Tosafot, Tosafos or Tosfot () are Middle Ages, medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes. The authors o ...

Biography

Rabbi Solomon was the son of Rabbi

Meir ben Samuel Meir ben Samuel (), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaM for Rabbi Meir, was a French rabbi and tosafist, who was born in about 1060 in Ramerupt, and died after 1135. His father was an eminent scholar. Meir received his education in the Talmudic ...

and

Jochebed According to the Bible, Jochebed (; , lit. ' YHWH is glory') was a daughter of Levi and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. No details are given concerning her life. According to Jewish legend ...

. He was brother to Jacob (known as

Rabbeinu Tam Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and leading French Tosafists, a leading '' halakhic'' authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi. K ...

), Samuel (known as

Rashbam Samuel ben Meir (Troyes, c. 1085 – c. 1158), after his death known as the "Rashbam", a Hebrew acronym for RAbbi SHmuel Ben Meir, was a leading French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi". Biography He was born in the vicinity of ...

) and Isaac (known as

Rivam Isaac ben Meir (c. 1090 – c. 1130), also known as the Rivam after his Hebrew acronym, was a French rabbi and one of the Baalei Tosafos. Biography He was born in the French country village of Ramerupt, in the Aube département of northern Fra ...

). His year of birth is unknown but it was after 1104. He wrote a commentary on the Torah cited in the book ''Arugat Habosem'' by Rabbi Abraham ben Azriel. He is mentioned once in Tsoafot, in

Pesachim Pesachim (, lit. "Paschal lambs" or "Passovers"), also spelled Pesahim, is the third tractate of '' Seder Moed'' ("Order of Festivals") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. The tractate discusses the topics related to the Jewish holiday of Passove ...

. Rashi's commentary on the Talmud implies that he may have compiled a book of halachic rulings. he is also mentioned once in

Haggahot Maimuniyyot ''Haggahot Maimuniyyot'' () is a 13th-century halakhic work authored by Meir HaKohen. It is one of the most important sources for the halakhic rulings of the scholars of Germany and France, and it is one of the defining halakhic works of the Ashk ...

. In

Machzor Vitry Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (; died 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of ''Machzor Vitry''. He lived in Vitry-le-François. ''Machzor Vitry'' ''Machzor Vitry'' contains decisions and ru ...

he is described as the person who announced the death of Rabbi Yosef, the son of Rabbeinu Tam.Auerbach ibid footnote 123 He was an expert in Hebrew grammar and is known as "The father of grammar." Rabbi Solomon passed away at a young age in Dampierre, France.

Rashi's family circle

** Yocheved bat Rashi &

***

Isaac ben Meir Isaac ben Meir (c. 1090 – c. 1130), also known as the Rivam after his Hebrew acronym, was a French rabbi and one of the Baalei Tosafos. Biography He was born in the French country village of Ramerupt, in the Aube département of northern Fra ...

(RIvaM) ***

Samuel ben Meir Samuel ben Meir (Troyes, c. 1085 – c. 1158), after his death known as the "Rashbam", a Hebrew acronym for RAbbi SHmuel Ben Meir, was a leading French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi". Biography He was born in the vicinity of ...

(RaShbaM) *** Solomon ben Meir ***

Jacob ben Meir Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and leading French Tosafists, a leading ''halakhic'' authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi. Know ...

(Rabbeinu Tam) **** Margolioth family *** Hannah bat Meir & Samuel ben Simhah of Vitry ****

Isaac ben Samuel Isaac ben Samuel the Elder (c. 1115 – c. 1184), also known as the Ri ha-Zaken (Hebrew: ר"י הזקן), was a French tosafist and Biblical commentator. He flourished at Ramerupt and Dampierre, France in the twelfth century. He is the father ...

(RI HaZaken) *****

Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre Elhanan ben Isaac Jaffe of Dampierre (Hebrew: ר׳ אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן יִצְחָק יָפֶה מִדַּמְפְּיֵיר; d. 1184) also known as Rabbeinu Elhanan was a 12th-century French Tosafist and the son of Isaac ben Samuel. He i ...

(Rabbeinu Elkhanan) ****** Samuel ben Elhanan Jaffe *******

Jaffe family The Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is an Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family originally from Dampierre, France. The family descends from the 12th century Tosafist, Elhanan Jaffe of Dampierre (died 1184). Members of the family have produced nume ...

** Miriam bat Rashi &

Judah ben Nathan Judah ben Nathan, also referred to by the Hebrew acronym RiVaN, was a gifted French rabbi and commentator on the Talmud in the eleventh to twelfth century, best known for being the son-in-law and pupil of the great commentator Rashi, and to a great ...

(RIBaN) *** Yom Tov ben Judah **** Judah ben Yom Tov ***** Isaac ben Judah ******

Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166–1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. Biography Born in 1166 in Paris, France, his father Rabbi Isaac Treves was a rabbi in Paris, son of Yom Tov of Falaise who was the son of Judah ben Nathan (Rivan), and ...

****** daughter of Isaac ben Judah &

Yechiel of Paris Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris or Jehiel of Paris, called Sire Vives in French ( Judeo-French: ) and Vivus Meldensis ("Vives of Meaux") in Latin, was a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France, father-in-law of Isaac ben Joseph of C ...

******* Moses ben Yechiel ******** Joseph ben Moses ********* Matityahu ben Joseph ********** Abraham ben Matityahu *********** Lurie family and Treves family ** Rachel bat Rashi & Eliezer

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