Adin Steinsaltz
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.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz | |
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| עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ | |
Steinsaltz in 2010 | |
| Born | Adin Steinsaltz 11 July 1937 |
| Died | 7 August 2020 (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, French, Russian, and Spanish. 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, and has since been brought to completion.
Steinsaltz was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies (1988), the President's Medal (2012), and the Yakir Yerushalayim prize (2017).
Steinsaltz died in Jerusalem on 7 August 2020 from acute pneumonia.