Adin Steinsaltz
Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz | |
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עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ | |
Born | Adin Steinsaltz (1937-07-11)11 July 1937 |
Died | 7 August 2020(2020-08-07) (aged 83) Jerusalem, Israel |
Resting place | Har HaZeitim |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Occupation(s) | Rabbi, author |
Notable work | The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition |
Spouse | Sarah |
Children | Menachem, Amechaye, Esther Sheleg |
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]