Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is famous for his ground-shaking translation of the Talmud Bavli. He has been working on a work of commentary on the Talmud in the form of Daf Yomi {Lesson for the day}. Arutz Sheva recently interviewed him about his work on the Talmud since the Daf Yomi cycle is coming to an end and starting again...
http://www.steinsaltz.org/Biography.phpBiographyRabbi Adin Steinsaltz is a teacher, philosopher, social critic and prolific author who has been hailed by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar." His lifelong work in Jewish education earned him the Israel Prize, his country's highest honor.
Born in Jerusalem in 1937 to secular parents, Rabbi Steinsaltz studied physics and chemistry at the Hebrew University. He established several experimental schools and, at the age of 24, became Israel's youngest school principal.
In 1965, he began his monumental Hebrew translation and commentary on the Talmud. To date, he has published 45 of the anticipated 46 volumes and is due to publish the last book in the series in November, 2010. The Rabbi's classic work of Kabbalah, The Thirteen Petalled Rose, was first published in 1980 and now appears in eight languages. In all, Rabbi Steinsaltz has authored some 60 books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from zoology to theology to social commentary.
Continuing his work as a teacher and spiritual mentor, Rabbi Steinsaltz established a network of schools and educational institutions in Israel and the former Soviet Union. He has served as scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies in Washington, D.C. and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University. His honorary degrees include doctorates from Yeshiva University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Bar Ilan University, Brandeis University, and Florida International University.
Rabbi Steinsaltz lives in Jerusalem. He and his wife have three children and 15 grandchildren.
To view Rabbi Steinsaltz's full CV, click here.
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With 2,711 pages in the Talmud, each Daf Yomi study cycle takes about seven and a half years. On March 1, 2005, a much-celebrated ceremony known as the Siyum HaShas marked the 11th completion of the entire Talmud by Daf Yomi studiers around the world. The excitement surrounding the siyum has breathed new life into the study of Talmud for long-time yeshiva students and newcomers alike.
The Steinsaltz Daf Yomi series will, starting with the beginning of Masechet Eruvin (Friday, October 7, 2005), feature daily articles containing insights from the Steinsaltz Edition of the Talmud. This series is not designed to replace intensive Daf Yomi study, but rather to shed new light on one or two points raised on the daily daf. Rabbi Steinsaltz's daily articles can be studied either independently or side-by-side with the Talmud page.
Rabbi Steinsaltz's Daf Yomi insights are featured on the website of the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations and kosher standardization, as well as here on our website.
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