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Author of more than 60 books, rabbi steinsaltzs writings are what first introduced me to the. The essential talmud kindle edition by steinsaltz, adin. Rabbi adin steinsaltzs mammoth task of translating the talmud into modern hebrew and adding his own commentary was finally completed after. After suffering verbal abuse in israel he yearns to return hom e to babylonia. The steinsaltz talmud is an edition of the babylonian talmud edited by rabbi adin even israel steinsaltz. Publication date 1976 topics talmud publisher new york. The talmud serves as a commentary upon and expansion of the mishnah the philosophical law code produced by rabbis in romanoccupied palestine around 200 c. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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