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Adin Steinsaltz (born 1937 , Jerusalem ) is a Chabad Hasid and the author of the first modern comprehensive Babylonian Talmud commentary. In Israel he now goes by his Hebrew name, Even Yisrael ("Stone (of) Israel"). Under its aegis, he has published to date 58 books on the Talmud , Jewish mysticism, religious thought, sociology , historical biography, and philosophy . He teaches at Mayanot in Jerusalem. In 1988 , he was awarded the Israel Prize , Israel's highest honor. He has received honorary Ph.D. degrees from Yeshiva University , Bar Ilan University , and Ben Gurion University . Some scholars have been critical of his achievements (see Neusner 1998).¹

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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (Hebrew: עדין אבן ישראל) (born 1937) is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation of both Talmuds into Hebrew , French , Russian and Spanish . Steinsaltz is a noted rabbi , scholar , philosopher , social critic and author world wide whose background also includes extensive scientific training. In 1988, Time magazine praised him as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar." Richard N.

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Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) (2010) Michael Kühntopf (r) and Adin Steinsaltz in the de [ Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich ] (ICZ) in Zürich Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (Hebrew: עדין אבן ישראל) (born 1937) is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and spiritual mentor, who has been hailed by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar". He has devoted his life to making the Talmud accessible to all Jews. Originally published in modern Hebrew , with a running commentary to facilitate learning, his Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud has also been translated into English, French, Russian and Spanish. 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, with thirteenth tractates in print by July 2014. New volumes are being released following the Daf Yomi cycle.

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Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz ( ) (born 11 July 1937 ) is an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi , teacher, philosopher, social critic, and publisher. 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, French, Russian, and Spanish. 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, and has since been brought to completion. Steinsaltz is a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017).

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Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020) Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (11 July 1937 – 7 August 2020) ( ) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi , teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher. 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, French, Russian, and Spanish. 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, and has since been brought to completion. Steinsaltz was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017). Steinsaltz died in Jerusalem on 7 August 2020 from acute pneumonia.

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Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020) Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz ( Hebrew : עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ ; 11 July 1937 – 7 August 2020) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi , teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher. 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, French, Russian, and Spanish. 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, and has since been brought to completion. Steinsaltz was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017). Steinsaltz died in Jerusalem on 7 August 2020 from acute pneumonia.

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