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FRANCE · 48.3°N 4.1°E · CITY

Troyes

County of Champagne · 1040-1284Kingdom of France · 1284-1394

Rashi's city (1040-1105) - the Champagne fair town where the most influential Bible and Talmud commentaries were written.

Modern locality anchor

Troyes

France · City · 48.3°N 4.1°E

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Where is Troyes?

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THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Troyes?

1040–1290

Rashi era community

1306–1394

Post-expulsion decline (1306/1394 French expulsions)

Today

Today

Memorial site; Rashi heritage tourism. Rashi's Old French (Zarphatic / Judeo-French) gloss tradition has no id in the 12-language canon and is noted here in prose rather than tagged - Judeo-French of Champagne is linguistically distinct from the Judeo-Provencal (Shuadit) of the Comtat Venaissin.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Troyes sound like?

Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Troyes

Memorial site; Rashi heritage tourism. Rashi's Old French (Zarphatic / Judeo-French) gloss tradition has no id in the 12-language canon and is noted here in prose rather than tagged - Judeo-French of Champagne is linguistically distinct from the Judeo-Provencal (Shuadit) of the Comtat Venaissin.

  • Rashi Synagogue (reconstructed/memorial)

    memorial synagogue · historic site

    European Center for Jewish Studies.

In Israel & the diaspora

The community's story continued elsewhere — these places carry it now.

ParisAvignon (Comtat Venaissin)Strasbourg (Alsace)MainzWorms

In memory

Texts and figures that carry Troyes forward.

Rashi — Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (1040–1105)

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SOURCES & REVIEW

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)

    Macmillan Reference USA · 2007

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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