In 1096 the First Crusade brought devastation to the Jewish communities of the Rhineland, where Rashi had studied. Thousands of Jews were massacred.
सन्‌ १०९६ में लड़े गए पहले धर्मयुद्ध की वज़ह से राइनलैंड के यहूदी समाज तबाह हो गए ।