Adin Steinsaltz
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (11 July 1937 – 7 August 2020) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, and publisher.[1][2] He was born in Jerusalem.
His edition of the Talmud was originally published in modern Hebrew and was translated into English,[3] French, Russian, and Spanish.[2]
Beginning in 1989, Steinsaltz published several writings in Hebrew and English of the Babylonian (Bavli) Talmud in an English-Hebrew edition.[4] and has since been brought to completion.[5][6]
Steinsaltz was honored with the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017).[7][8]
Steinsaltz died in Jerusalem on August 7, 2020, from acute pneumonia at the age of 83.[9][2]
Adin Steinsaltz Media
Steinsaltz in the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ) in Zürich-Enge (2010)
Steinsaltz and his son Meni Even-Israel with a volume of the English translation of his edition of the Talmud (2018).
A page from Tractate Pesachim of Steinsaltz's English translation of the Talmud
References
- ↑ AP, Josef Federman | (in en). Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/adin-steinsaltz-groundbreaking-talmud-translator-dies/2020/08/07/fea33298-d8a5-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Press, The Associated (2020-08-07). "Adin Steinsaltz, Groundbreaking Talmud Translator, Dies" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/08/07/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-obit-steinsaltz.html. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ Steinsaltz, Adin; Weinreb, Tzvi Hersh; Berger, Shalom Z.; Schreier, Joshua, eds. (2012). Koren Talmud Bavli (1st Hebrew/English ed.). Jerusalem: Shefa Foundation. ISBN 978-9653015630.
- ↑ Abernethy, Bob (27 April 2012). "Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz". Religion & Ethics. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-27-2012/rabbi-adin-steinsaltz/10847/. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Steinsaltz Center". www.steinsaltz-center.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ "The Noé Edition Koren Talmud Bavli". Koren Publishers. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ "Recovering Steinsaltz made 'Yakir Yerushalayim' during visit by mayor". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ Steinsaltz, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel; Society, The Aleph (2014-10-03). "The Aleph Society- Let My People Know". The Aleph Society. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ↑ JNS.org. "One of Judaism's great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83". www.jewishaz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.