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Oct 16, 2016, 11:01 AM

Seven shepherds and eight princes of men

Connecting the ushpizin, the historic Jewish leaders who strangely visit sukkahs worldwide each night, to the holiday itself

Sep 27, 2016, 3:40 PM

Rosh HaShanah: The head of the year

Why use a body part to denote a fresh start? A study in how people improve themselves

Aug 12, 2016, 3:15 PM

Remembering Jerusalem

The holy city's destruction was the ruin of all existence, casting a curtain of sadness over reality ever since

Jun 9, 2016, 11:48 PM

The process of receiving the Torah

Shavuot recalls the Jews' 'out of space, out of time' Sinai encounter, and charges them to bring that holiness to life

Apr 10, 2016, 3:16 PM

In every generation

The Haggadah's text, though fixed, beckons to each seder's participants to perfect it with new interpretations

Mar 17, 2016, 3:12 PM

Purim, the festival of laughter

Reason can't defeat the absurdity of anti-Semitism: what's left is either despair or finding the humor in it all

Sep 3, 2015, 2:28 PM

Prepare for the New Year

The custom of public contemplation before the High Holidays gives Jews a chance to ask each other: Where are we going?

May 18, 2015, 9:53 PM

The uniquely human drive to study for its own sake is the trait that raises humans above the angels

Mar 23, 2015, 12:43 PM

There is more to freedom than being unchained

Those who are set free but have no real aspirations are destined to become slaves to other masters

Feb 3, 2015, 11:30 AM

Tu Bishvat: Connecting with the living world

Trees provide sustenance and inspiration -- and cutting one down may have once launched a Jewish-Roman war

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About Me

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is the founder of Shefa and The Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications. In 2012 he completed his monumental, 45 volume translation of the Talmud into modern Hebrew. The Steinsaltz Talmud has been translated into 29 volumes in French and 5 volumes in Russian. In 2012, the first volume of the “Koren Talmud Bavli” in English with Rabbi Steinsaltz's commentary was published. Adin Steinsaltz was awared the Israel Prize, the country’s highest honor, for his educational achievements in opening the Talmud and was was among the first recipients of the Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction, for his contribution to Israeli society and its standing in the world. In 2012, Rabbi Steinsaltz received a National Jewish Book Award for the English Koren Talmud Bavli from the Jewish Book Council (USA). He was also the recipient of the French Order of Arts and Literature.