I need Aramaic dictionary to help teen Dd with chumash homew

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:10 pm

How do you help your Bais yaakov Dd with chumash homework? I need to understand the rashi but I’m stumbling with the Aramaic words. I speak fluent Hebrew but the Aramaic is a problem.

dena613

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:14 pm

Just buy an artscroll rashi chumash.

Or google

Or post perek, passuk, abc well help you! Wink

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:16 pm

dena613 wrote:

Just buy an artscroll rashi chumash.

Or google

Or post perek, passuk, abc well help you! Wink

Thank you! What do you mean by your last sentence starts with post...

Oh. Now I get it. It is a lot of pesukim.

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:18 pm

We are bt. I’m fluent in Hebrew. How do you help Dd? Do you learn Aramaic in Bais yaakov?

dena613

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:28 pm

No, you don't officially learn aramaic in BY, but you pick a tiny bit up, especially if you go to certain seminaries.

Are you sure it's aramaic and not old french?

Are you israeli BT? Lucky for the fluent hebrew!!

Still offering to help. Post the pesukim!
Offer lasts for a little longer, till I goto bed Wink

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:38 pm

dena613 wrote:

Yes I’m an Israeli bt. It’s rashi how could it be old french? Does Dh helps with homework or you do it? Idk why I need to help with the rashi. Dd is a smart girl. Why doesn’t she know it. It feel likes she sees these rashis the first time.

Aylat

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:41 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Yes I’m an Israeli bt. It’s rashi how could it be old french?

Rashi was French and often gave French translations in his commentary. Does it say בלע"ז and then something unpronounceable?

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:45 pm

Aylat wrote:

Rashi was French and often gave French translations in his commentary. Does it say בלע"ז and then something unpronounceable?

Oh. I didn’t know it had French. That’s interesting. No it just said something like כאיתא.

amother

Purple

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:45 pm

Just buy the blue Hebrew English Chumash or the artscroll. Should not be such a big deal to read rashi. You don’t need to know Aramaic or French.
It should be enjoyable to learn the parsha with rashi. If you need help, just buy the translated Sefer.

cbsp

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 10:45 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Yes I’m an Israeli bt. It’s rashi how could it be old french?

Because Rashi (who lived in France) will sometimes use old French to explain why a word or concept is translated as such - I think any time he wrote בלע"ז - בלשון עם זר - it refers to old french.

It may be worthwhile to acquire the Artscroll Rashi, though.

ETA: what Aylat said. Smile

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:02 pm

amother [ Purple ] wrote:

I just looked. Dd actually is using the blue artscroll 🤷‍♀️

amother

Wine

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:17 pm

I’ve been wanting to get the Artscroll Rashi. It probably would be just right for you and DD I’m guessing.

dena613

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:37 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Oh. I didn’t know it had French. That’s interesting. No it just said something like כאיתא.

Ke'de'isa, I believe, means
as it says

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dena613

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:39 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I just looked. Dd actually is using the blue artscroll 🤷‍♀️

The artscroll rashi is NOT blue.
It's brown. Maybe reddish brown.
Each of the chamishei chumshei torah is its own volume. Unless they've changed something in the past two decades

Blue artscroll dues not translate rashi

dena613

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:44 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I do rashi hw with my kids.

Is your dd having trouble in other subjects?

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:51 pm

dena613 wrote:

I do rashi hw with my kids.

Is your dd having trouble in other subjects?

No. She is an excellent student. She did mention that she doesn’t listen at class though. Idk exactly what is the problem. When you do rashi hw with you kids do they know the rashi mostly?

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:52 pm

dena613 wrote:

https://zbermanbooks.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?_q=Artscroll+rashi+chumash&f=artscroll+rashi+chumash&q=artscroll+rashi+

Thank you so much. Do you use these when you do homework with your children?

amother

Turquoise

Thu, Jan 14 2021, 12:57 am

If you go online, Sefaria has a translation of Rashi (and other mefarshim).

amother

Purple

Thu, Jan 14 2021, 1:03 am

To answer your question op...By junior hs my girls have been able to do Rashi hw on their own. If they need help, they would look in the Hebrew English translation.
By hs they really move on to many more meforshim. Rashi is the first level.