Rav Adin Steinsaltz, died at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem – the city of his birth – on August 7, 2020 at the age of 83.
In effect what Rashi had been for all students of Talmud for 1,000 years, Steinsaltz became for thousands in this generation.
MIDDLE ISRAEL: One would assume Steinsaltz spent his days and nights ensconced in his study like Lithuania’s Vilna Gaon, America’s Moshe Feinstein or Israel’s Elazar Shach, but he was different
The 83-year-old scholar, most famous for his translation of the Talmud, is battling a severe lung infection unrelated to the coronavirus.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel hands the Steinsaltz spiritual baton to Rabbi Meni
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