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Features of the Annotated Index

The annotated index available here is based on the multi-volume Judaica Press (1989) version of the Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch Torah commentary.The first volume of the annotated index (Bereshit/Genesis) includes 67 pages (single-spaced), nearly three thousand entries; the second volume (Shemot/Exodus), includes 70 pages; the third volume (Vayikra/Leviticus) includes 97 pages; and the fourth volume (Bamidbar/Numbers) includes 70 pages—all in Adobe Acrobat pdf (portable document file) format. (The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open and read pdf files. The Reader is available without charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)

This index is an excellent resource and tool for students, authors, and teachers who want a directed, in-depth encounter with the extraordinary Torah commentary of this modern sage.

About Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch

Rabbi Hirsch combined several qualities that have particular relevance for Torah study in our time:

• He had a singularly masterful command of traditional texts—so much so as to be regarded as a modern sage by his rabbinic peers.
• He understood and articulated with great clarity the underlying meanings of Hebrew roots and words in all their variations—so much so that an Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew based on his commentary has been published.
• He understood modern science, its method and potential, regarding it as not inherently in conflict with Torah—so much so that his idea, Torah im derech eretz (“Torah with the way of the land”) advocated an “. . . intimate union between total, unadulterated Judaism and the spirit of all true science and knowledge.”
• His commentary is not partial or disjointed, but detailed, comprehensive, and integrated—so much so that the Judaica Press version takes seven volumes (including the Haftarot).
• His commentary promotes Jewish spirituality and religiosity that are highly relevant to the pressures and hopes of daily life—so much so that we find it applicable in contemporary society to individuals, families, communities, our whole people, and the larger nation in which we live.

Downloads

Vol. 1, Bereshit/Genesis

Vol. 2, Shemot/Exodus

Vol. 3, Vayikra/Leviticus

Vol. 4, Bamidbar/Numbers

Vols.1, 2, 3 & 4 (combined), Bereshit/Genesis, Shemot/Exodus, Vayikra/Leviticus, and Bamidbar/Numbers

Updated: 9/29/08