First of all, just because Rashi made a mistake, doesn't mean
everything he wrote is automatically a mistake.
Second, a great deal of what he wrote is drawn from earlier sources,
he didn't necessarily MAKE IT UP. As I said, this is in a Midrash,
and he also derived some of it from Jeremiah, and he gave sources.
Re Talmud, although I found at least 3 different English translations
on line, I am not a Talmud scholar, and I don't know how to find
what's in it, and where they discuss what, etc.
Rashi wrote an explanation and commentary on the entire Babylonian
Talmud - he knew its sources, too.
At any rate, why in the world would two of these four empires be
oriental and slavonic? What did they have then to do with Israel's
history? And why would they be called beasts? What did they do bad
to Israel? Daniel is clearly speaking about empires which took us
and ruled over us in captivity/exile.
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