ABSTRACT
There were two books that no Jewish bookcase could be without: a chumash with Rashi and a tefillah. The former was an edition of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, including commentary by the authoritative medieval rabbi Rashi. The latter was a daily prayerbook containing the Hebrew prayers that Jewish men had to say in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Both books would be read until they fell apart, so the Jewish presses ran hot providing everyone with fresh copies.
