The Essential Talmud Hanukka in a sudden moment of

in a sudden moment of illumination

and the book’s enduring power

but from their own heroic actions on behalf of their people

as well as pressing contemporary issues

CHICAGO JEWISH STAR

The Essential Talmud Hanukka in a sudden moment ofThe Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to the great repository of Jewish wisdom, the Talmud. A book of profound scholarship and concise pedagogy, The Essential Talmud succinctly describes the Talmuds history, structure, and methodology. It summarizes the Talmuds main principles, demonstrates its contemporary relevance, and captures the spirit of this unique and paradoxical sacred text as a human expression of divine