Like Israelites wandering a desert, a good Talmudic translation apparently can’t be rushed. After more than four decades of work, Israeli Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz finally released a new Hebrew ...

A global day of Jewish learning marks the completion of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s 45-year project of translating the Talmud into Hebrew. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — On Nov. 7, noted Talmud scholar and teacher ...

A microfilm of a rare Talmud manuscript, in the possession of a monastery in Spain, has recently been “rediscovered” by Prof. Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal, Professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University.

If the Megilah is Greek to you – that could be okay! The Mishna states that a Jew should hear the reading of the Megilah in Hebrew if he understands Hebrew. But for people who do not understand Hebrew ...

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, a prominent figure in the Chassidic Chabad-Lubavitcher movement known for translating the Talmud into modern Hebrew, died on Friday at the age of 83. According to the Shaare ...