Meforshim

Question 1

What is Rashi’s full name

Answer 1

Rav Shlomo Yitzchaki

Question 2

Where did Rashi live?

Answer 2

France

Question 3

What was happening during Rashi’s time

Answer 3

First crusade

Question 4

Name a fact about Rashi

Answer 4

His daughters wore tephilin

Question 5

What type of commentary does Rashi offer?

Answer 5

Peshat

Question 6

What was the Radak’s full name?

Answer 6

Rav Dovid Kimchi

Question 7

Where did the Radak live?

Answer 7

France

Question 8

What was going on during the Radak’s time?

Answer 8

the first crusades

Question 9

A fact about Radak

Answer 9

he died at 75

Question 10

what type of commentary does Radak offer?

Answer 10

logical; based on reasoning

Question 11

What was the Ramban’s full name?

Answer 11

Moshe ben nachman

Question 12

What was going on during the Ramban’s time?

Answer 12

Rambam controversy

Question 13

Where did the Ramban live?

Answer 13

Spain

Question 14

What type of commentary does Ramban offer?

Answer 14

Kabbalistic

Question 15

A fact about Ramban

Answer 15

He was a physician

Question 16

What was the Ba’al ha turim’s name?

Answer 16

Yaakov ben Asher

or the tur

Question 17

Where did the tur live?

Answer 17

Spain

Question 18

Where did the Tur live?

Answer 18

Spain

Question 19

What was going on during the tur’s time?

Answer 19

the rambam controversy

Question 20

what kind of commentry did the tur give?

Answer 20

Specifics (numbers, gematria, spelling)

Question 21

Name a fact about the tur

Answer 21

He enjoyed traveling

Question 22

What was the ralbag’s full name?

Answer 22

Levi ben Gershon

Question 23

Where did the ralbag live?

Answer 23

France

Question 24

What was going on during the ralbag’s time

Answer 24

end of the crusades

Question 25

name a fact about the ralbag

Answer 25

he was called Leo Hebias by his chistian friends

Question 26

What type of commentary did the ralbag give?

Answer 26

Philosofical

Question 27

What was the Abarbanel's full name?

Answer 27

Isaac Abarbanel

Question 28

Where was the Abarbanel from?

Answer 28

Portugal

Question 29

What was going on during the abarbandel's time?

Answer 29

The spanish inquisition

Question 30

What type of commentary does the Abarbanel offer?

Answer 30

Philosofical

Question 31

Name a fact about the abarbanel

Answer 31

He left spain 2 years before the inquisition

Question 32

What is the seforno's full name?

Answer 32

Ovadia ben Jacob seforno

Question 33

Where did the sefrono live?

Answer 33

Italy

Question 34

Wha was going on at the seforno's time?

Answer 34

the spanish inquisition

Question 35

What is one detail about the seforno?

Answer 35

his family was well known throughout italy

Question 36

What type of commentary did the seforno write?

Answer 36

Peshat

Question 37

What is the full name of the ashlich?

Answer 37

Rabbit moshe Ashlich

Question 38

where did the ashlich live?

Answer 38

Tzfat

Question 39

What was going on in the ashlich's time?

Answer 39

Death of martin luther

Question 40

A detail about ashlich

Answer 40

He was known as hakadosh

Question 41

What commentary does the ashlich offer?

Answer 41

Moral lessons to learn from

Question 42

What was the kli akar's name?

Answer 42

Shlomo Efraim

Question 43

Where did the kli yakar live?

Answer 43

Poland

Question 44

What was going on during the kli yakar's time?

Answer 44

Powers of the Dutch inquisition extends

Question 45

What commentary does the kil yakar offer?

Answer 45

Moral lessons

Question 46

Name a fact about the kli yakar

Answer 46

he added shlomo to his name when he got sick

Question 47

What was the or hachaim's name?

Answer 47

Chaim Ibn attar

Question 48

Where did the or hachaim live?

Answer 48

morroco then israel

Question 49

What was going on during the or hachaim's time?

Answer 49

The american revolution

Question 50

Name a fact about the or hachaim

Answer 50

He was sentenced to death by the sultan of morocco

Question 51

What type of commentary does the or hachaim offer?

Answer 51

Kabbalistic

Question 52

What is the metzudat Dovid's name?

Answer 52

Dovid Altshuler

Question 53

where did the metzudat dovid live?

Answer 53

Spain

Question 54

where did the metzudat dovid live?

Answer 54

Spain

Question 55

What was happening during the metzudat dovid's time

Answer 55

French and american revolutions

Question 56

What type of commentary did the metzudat Dovid write?

Answer 56

Peshat and dictionary

Question 57

What was the malbim's name?

Answer 57

Meyer

Question 58

Where did the malbim live?

Answer 58

Eastern Europe

Question 59

What was going on during the malbim's time?

Answer 59

American civil war

Question 60

What is a fun fact about malbim?

Answer 60

He died on Rosh Hashanna

Question 61

What commentary does malbim offer?

Answer 61

Philosofical, nothing in the Torah is extra

Question 62

What is the Rambam's full name?

Answer 62

Moshe Ben Maimon

Question 63

Where did Rambam live?

Answer 63

Spain/egypt

Question 64

What type of commentary does Rambam offer?

Answer 64

philosofical

Question 65

What was going on during the Rmabam's time?

Answer 65

Muslims took power

Question 66

A fact about Rambam?

Answer 66

He was a doctor