Completion of the Steinsaltz Talmud translation

THE STEINSALTZ TALMUD TRANSLATION into Modern Hebrew is about to be completed:

Steinsaltz’s Talmud translation to be centerpiece of Global Day of Jewish Learning
North Jerseyans to take part in Global Day of Learning

Abigail Klein Leichman • Local (New Jersey Jewish Standard)
Published: 22 October 2010


Four North Jersey venues will join Jewish communities around the world in offering free programming on Nov. 7, the Global Day of Jewish Learning. This first-ever worldwide, trans/non-denominational program is planned to coincide with the culmination of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s 45-year project to translate the voluminous Talmud from ancient Aramaic folios into modern punctuated Hebrew. The event also falls on the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey’s annual Mitzvah Day.

At about 2 p.m., Steinsaltz is scheduled to pen the final words of his monumental work in a live telecast from Jerusalem. A champion for open access to Jewish learning, he is widely credited with making talmudic study available to the masses, as his translation is being prepared for publication in French, Russian, English, and Spanish.

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This is a celebration of the completion of the Hebrew translation, but a fair number of tractates have also been translated into English.