Betsa - Rosh Hashanah - The Steinsaltz Talmud T11 (color), Biblieurope editions

The Steinsaltz Talmud T11

Betsa / Rosh Hashanah

Translated paragraph by paragraph
Commentary by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz

Drahi Edition - Color

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The new edition of the Steinsaltz Talmud in French aims, like the previous one, to give everyone, regardless of their level, access to the Talmudic text – originally written without punctuation or vowels, in a concise style, in a mixture of Hebrew and Aramaic, a language little known to most readers.

In the second half of the ^20th century, Rabbi Steinsaltz, of blessed memory, pioneered the work of publishing a punctuated and vocalized edition in Hebrew, and later in other languages. This edition presents the correspondence of each word of the Talmud in bold, with explanations added in regular type, essential for understanding each sentence and following the Gemara step by step.

In this edition, the text of the Talmud is divided into paragraphs, translated as they appear. It includes numerous studies and halakha taken from the Steinsaltz edition in Hebrew, summarizing the main commentaries and the conclusions of the decisors on each topic addressed. It is enriched new illustrations.

At the end of each book, it includes the original text of the treatise according to the classical Vilna edition, with the commentary of Rashi – which, here, is punctuated and vocalized – and that of the Tosafot, also punctuated.

We hope that this publication will achieve the goal that Rav Steinsaltz zal sought throughout his life: to enable every Jew to know and appreciate his ancestral heritage in order to strengthen the love of the Torah among the people.

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The tractate Yom Tov, better known as Betza, the word with which it begins, presents the general halakhot pertaining to the holidays. While other tractates of the Seder Mo'ed focus on the laws of Shabbat or on the mitzvot specific to one or another of the major holidays, this tractate analyzes the laws common to all the holidays, including the commandment to refrain from work, which is part of a set of positive and negative mitzvot applicable to all the holidays. These rules are derived from the wording of verses such as, "It shall be for you a solemn rest; a memorial with trumpets, a holy convocation" (Lev. 23:24) and "You shall do no servile work" (Lev. 23:7 and 23:8).

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