The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/adin-steinsaltz/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Adin Steinsaltz | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/adin-steinsaltz/ 32 32 ‘His works will last for generations’: Leaders mourn Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz https://www.timesofisrael.com/his-works-will-last-for-generations-leaders-mourn-rabbi-adin-steinsaltz/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:48:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2363118&preview=true&preview_id=2363118 Tributes pour in for Israel Prize laureate and scholar credited with revolutionizing Talmud studies; funeral, with family only, livestreamed from Jerusalem

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]]> Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who made the Talmud accessible, dies at 83 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-adin-steinsaltz-who-made-the-talmud-accessible-dies-at-83/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:12:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1990900 Israel Prize laureate and scholar credited with revolutionary translation and commentary of seminal Jewish texts in 'once-in-a-millennium' achievement

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]]> The non-Jewish physicist who lobbied Gorbachev to open the first Soviet yeshiva https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-non-jewish-physicist-who-lobbied-gorbachev-to-open-the-first-soviet-yeshiva/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:31:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2060812 At Moscow conference, Evgeny Velikhov recounts his role in helping an Israeli rabbi open the country's only official Jewish seminary in 1989

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]]> A writer gets on the Jewish holiday bus for a year. Where she stops surprises even herself https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-writer-gets-on-the-jewish-holiday-bus-for-a-year-where-she-stops-surprises-even-herself/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:48:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1586834 As she prays and parties every Jewish holiday for a year, Abigail Pogrebin discovers it's never too late to find personal meaning in tradition

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]]> Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz recovering from stroke https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-adin-steinsaltz-recovering-from-stroke/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:52:07 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1520639 Talmud scholar, 79, out of intensive care at Jerusalem hospital

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]]> Over 500 communities to mark Global Day of Jewish Learning https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-500-communities-to-mark-global-day-of-jewish-learning/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:18:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1497008 Project celebrating completion of Talmud translation will see Jews in over 40 countries studying texts together via live online video

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]]> How spiritual parenting can ground your child rearing https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-spiritual-parenting-can-ground-your-child-rearing/ Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:03:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1276929 In this year's Global Day of Jewish Learning, Dasee Berkowitz describes how through zooming out, parents can turn up the volume on their spiritual life

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]]> Old-school educators go hi-tech to promote Torah accessibility https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-school-educators-go-hi-tech-to-promote-torah-accessibility/ Thu, 13 Nov 2014 06:14:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1088008 Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's annual Global Day of Jewish Learning on Sunday aims to harness the Internet to amplify the latest in Jewish education efforts

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]]> In memory of slain teens, prayer sessions and vigils across country https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-memory-of-slain-teens-prayer-sessions-and-vigils-across-country/ Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1019877 Thousands gather in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, at site of kidnapping, and at homes of youths' families to show support and offer condolences

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]]> 2014 Katz Award recipients named https://www.timesofisrael.com/2014-katz-award-recipients-named/ Tue, 27 May 2014 23:15:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=992936 Four leading Jewish figures recognized for their application of Halacha in modern life

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]]> New technology lets Jews ‘sit’ together and learn https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-technology-lets-jews-sit-together-and-learn/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:13:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=746434 With 24x24, the Global Day of Jewish Learning initiative offers an eclectic mix of teachers and artists through Google Hangouts On Air

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]]> Two centuries after the death of its founder, Chabad launches year-long celebration with reissue of his works https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-centuries-after-the-death-of-its-founder-chabad-launches-year-long-celebration-with-reissue-of-his-works/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:05:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=334512 Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, known as the Alter Rebbe and author of the mystical treatise Tanya, laid the foundations for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the largest Hassidic group in the world

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]]> Never mind the Bible, it’s the sanity of the Talmud you need to understand the world and yourself https://www.timesofisrael.com/never-mind-the-bible-its-the-sanity-of-the-talmud-you-need-to-understand-the-world-and-yourself-adin-steinsaltz/ Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:24:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=182344 Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, one of the Jewish world's leading scholars, says Israel would be a less fanatical place if schools were to focus on teaching the Gemara

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]]> Peres presents Henry Kissinger with Presidential Award, calls former statesman ‘inspiration’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/peres-presents-kissinger-with-an-award-of-distinction/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:45:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=135944 'My parents would be proudest of this distinction' Kissinger says at President's Conference

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