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About This Text
Author: Shmuel Yaffe Ashkenazi
Composed: Constantinople, c.1560 – c.1580 CE
One of the most influential commentaries on Midrash Rabbah, the author seeks to explain the simple meaning of the text as well as its religious significance. This text is a shortened version of the original, which is still exclusively in manuscript form.