Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel and Congressman Eliot Engel

The world’s largest library — the Library of Congress in Washington, DC — will house a version of the Talmud, translated from Hebrew to English by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. The religious work entered the library in a March 5 ceremony. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) noted that Rabbi Steinsaltz “is the first person since Medieval times to have completed a full translation and commentary on the Babylonian Talmud.” Pictured, Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel, the son of Rabbi Steinsaltz, presents the first volume of the Steinsaltz Talmud to Rep. Engel.

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