Passover Haggada (Hebrew and English Edition) - Hardcover

Steinsaltz, Adin Even-israel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9653018299 ISBN 13: 9789653018297

Publisher: Koren Pub, 2016

Synopsis

In this user-friendly Haggada, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz employs his renowned pedagogical skill and insight to explain the texts and rituals of the Seder night, their background and inner meaning. Divided into a clear, concise commentary and thought-provoking expansions, this is a Seder user's manual you have been waiting for.

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About the Author:

RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and spiritual mentor who has been hailed by Time magazine as a once-in-a-millennium scholar. Born in Jerusalem in 1937, Rabbi Steinsaltz studied physics and chemistry at the Hebrew University. At the age of 24, he became Israel s youngest school principal. Rabbi Steinsaltz went on to establish a network of schools in Israel and the former Soviet Union, and in 1988, was awarded the Israel Prize, his country's highest honor, for his work in Jewish education. In 1965, Rabbi Steinsaltz embarked on a lifelong mission to make the Talmud, Judaism s central text of law, ethics, customs, and history, accessible to all. He has since accomplished the monumental tasks of translating and developing commentaries on the Talmud in modern Hebrew, English, Russian, and French. In addition, Rabbi Steinsaltz has authored some sixty books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from zoology to theology and social commentary. Rabbi Steinsaltz lives in Jerusalem. He and his wife have three children and many grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Koren Pub
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9653018299
• ISBN 13: 9789653018297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255