Adin Steinsaltz

Rabbi
Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ‎
Steinsaltz in 2010
Born
Adin Steinsaltz

(1937-07-11)11 July 1937
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
(now Israel)
Died7 August 2020(2020-08-07) (aged 83)
Jerusalem, Israel
Resting placeHar HaZeitim
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation(s)Rabbi, author
Notable workThe Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition
SpouseSarah
ChildrenMenachem, Amechaye, Esther Sheleg

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (11 July 1937 – 7 August 2020) (Hebrew: עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher.[1][2]

His Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud was originally published in modern Hebrew, with a running commentary to facilitate learning, and has also been translated into English,[3] French, Russian, and Spanish.[2] Beginning in 1989, Steinsaltz published several tractates in Hebrew and English of the Babylonian (Bavli) Talmud in an English-Hebrew edition. The first volume of a new English-Hebrew edition, the Koren Talmud Bavli, was released in May 2012,[4] and has since been brought to completion.[5][6]

Steinsaltz was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017).[7][8][9]

Steinsaltz died in Jerusalem on 7 August 2020 from acute pneumonia.[10][2]

  1. ^ AP, Josef Federman |. "Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Adin Steinsaltz, Groundbreaking Talmud Translator, Dies". The New York Times. Associated Press. 7 August 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Abernethy, Bob (27 April 2012). "Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz". Religion & Ethics. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Steinsaltz Center". www.steinsaltz-center.org. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "The Noé Edition Koren Talmud Bavli". Koren Publishers. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Recovering Steinsaltz made 'Yakir Yerushalayim' during visit by mayor". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ^ Steinsaltz, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel; Society, The Aleph (3 October 2014). "The Aleph Society – Let My People Know". The Aleph Society. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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  10. ^ JNS.org (7 August 2020). "One of Judaism's great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83". jewishaz.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.