One author summed it up this way: “[Rashi’s] great contribution to Jewish life was his reinterpretation of all relevant passages into the vernacular of the day, in such clear, lucid language, with such warmth and humanity, with such rare skill and scholarship, that his commentaries became revered as scripture and loved as literature.
Kāds autors par viņu rakstīja: ” [Raši] lielais ieguldījums ebreju sabiedrības dzīvē bija tas, ka viņš visus nozīmīgos tekstus izskaidroja sava laika valodā tik skaidri un saprotami, tik sirsnīgi un cilvēcīgi, ar tik izcilu prasmi un izpratni, ka viņa komentārus sāka godāt kā svētus rakstus un mīlēt kā literārus šedevrus.