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INTRODUCTION:
In 1975 Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Lange published a collection
of commentaries by R. Yehuda heChasid (1150-1271), a leader of Chasidei
Ashkenaz, entitled Commentaries on the Torah by R. Judah he-Hasid[1].
Despite the rather innocuous-sounding title, this anthology
included three commentaries that suggest that certain sections of the Torah
were added after the time of Moshe Rabbeinu. A fourth commentary suggests that
David removed sections of poetry from the Torah and included them in his book
of Psalms. All this coming from someone like R. Yehuda heChasid naturally
raised some eyebrows.
In this article, based extensively but not exclusively on
the research by Professor Eran Viezel[2],
we examine one of these four commentaries.
