[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING RABBI ADIN EVEN-ISRAEL STEINSALTZ

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 28, 2020

  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to mark the completion of the 
English-edition Koren Talmud Bavli series by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel 
Steinsaltz.
  Born in 1937, Rabbi Steinsaltz has authored more than 60 books, and 
hundreds of articles on Jewish mysticism, religious thought, sociology, 
and philosophy. His most famous work is his interpretation of the 
Talmud, the formative piece of Jewish culture, and he is the first 
person since medieval times to have completed a full translation and 
commentary on the Babylonian Talmud.
  As of last year, all 46 volumes of the Koren Talmud Bavli, an English 
edition of the definitive Steinsaltz Hebrew Talmud, have been 
published. The debut volumes of the Steinsaltz Talmud gained critical 
acclaim, and by the end of last year, the final two volumes have been 
published.
  I was pleased to join Rabbi Steinsaltz's son, Rabbi Meni Even-Israel, 
and members of the Aleph Society to mark the complete series entering 
the Library of Congress. As the nation's preeminent library, it is 
truly an honor for Rabbi Steinsaltz's work to be housed in the Library 
of Congress.

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