Shitah Mekubbetzet on Tractate Hullin
The Publications Institute of Jerusalem’s Yeshiva Ahavat Shalom, which is headed by the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel, has developed in recent years into a major publisher of rabbinic […]
Twenty-Eighth Volume of Encyclopedia Talmudit
The twenty-eighth volume of the Hebrew Encyclopedia Talmudit came off the press in Jerusalem a short time ago. It includes entries beginning with the letter Khaf, from Kezayit Bikhdei Akhilat […]
Rabbi Shmuel Hubner
In 1952, a Yiddish translation of the Talmud, tractate “Baba Kama” by Rabbi Shmuel Hubner appeared. Nine yeears later his translation of “Baba Metzia” was published. These editions proved to […]
Translations of the Talmud
To the Editor: I read with great interest Rabbi Adam Mintz’ “Words, Meaning and Spirit. The Talmud in Translation,” The Torah U-Madda Journal 5 (1994). Rabbi Mintz deals largely with […]
The Rosh’s Supercommentary on Tractate Hagiga
The Ofeq Institute of Euclid Ohio, which is devoted to the research and publication of rabbinic literature, has recently published Tosefot HaRosh on Tractate Hagiga, Rabbi Asher Ben Yehiel’s supercommentary […]
Baruch Naeh – The Author of Gemara Shelema
Several months ago I wrote in this paper about the Gemara Shelema on tractate Pesahim and on its brilliant author, Baruch Naeh. I permitted myself then to say a few […]
Tractate Ketubbot Called Talmud Katan
Next week the students of the Daf Yomi will commence the study of tractate Ketubbot. The large tractate deals not only with many Talmudic laws, but also discusses a large […]