Comments on: Articles about the Steinsaltz Talmud http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: zach http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 zach Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:34:14 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1982#comment-2317 S: Sorry, the "seifah" of my post was not going on the Steinsaltz, it was just a comment on how important the layout of the Vilna Shas is (as opposed to, say, the Yerushalmi.) S: Sorry, the “seifah” of my post was not going on the Steinsaltz, it was just a comment on how important the layout of the Vilna Shas is (as opposed to, say, the Yerushalmi.)

]]> By: Yitzhak http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/comment-page-1/#comment-2316 Yitzhak Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:23:05 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1982#comment-2316 http://seforim.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-recent-discussion-in-journal-or.html http://seforim.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-recent-discussion-in-journal-or.html

]]> By: S. http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 S. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:13:37 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1982#comment-2315 Huh? The dafim are the same in all modern editions, including Steinsaltz. "Sanhedrin 33b" has remained static for 500 years. Huh? The dafim are the same in all modern editions, including Steinsaltz. “Sanhedrin 33b” has remained static for 500 years.

]]> By: zach http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 zach Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:39 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1982#comment-2314 <i>I never quite understood why some people get so upset at tools and editions which make Talmud study easier. </i> Because the Vilna Shas has become the Holy of Holies, regardless of the many errors and omissions that are found therein. There is also much vested interest in being able to quote a Bavli reference bal peh ("it's a gemara on Sanhedrin 33b"...) I never quite understood why some people get so upset at tools and editions which make Talmud study easier.

Because the Vilna Shas has become the Holy of Holies, regardless of the many errors and omissions that are found therein. There is also much vested interest in being able to quote a Bavli reference bal peh (“it’s a gemara on Sanhedrin 33b”…)

]]> By: S. http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/11/11/article-about-the-steinsaltz-talmud/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 S. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:20 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1982#comment-2312 >I never quite understood why some people get so upset at tools and editions which make Talmud study easier. It's a bit of earnest feeling about עמלות בתורה and a bit of elitism and a bit of conservatism. >I never quite understood why some people get so upset at tools and editions which make Talmud study easier.

It’s a bit of earnest feeling about עמלות בתורה and a bit of elitism and a bit of conservatism.

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