Tractates Terumot and Ma'serot

First Order: Zeraïm / Tractates Terumot and Ma'serot is the forth volume in the edition of the Jerusalem Talmud, a basic work in Jewish Patristics. The volume presents the fundamental Jewish texts on obligatory gift to priests, and tithes to Levites, and the poor. In addition, it contains the main health regulations developed within Jewish ritual law, the rules of Jewish solidarity, and a discussion of the rules, taken for granted in the Babylonian Talmud, under which minute amounts of inadvertently added forbidden material may be disregarded.

Auteur

Heinrich W. Guggenheimer is Professor Emeritus of Polytechnic University (formerly Polytechnic Institute) of Brooklyn where he taught Mathematics and also Jewish Studies in the Department of Humanities. He received his MS. and Sc.D. degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and his Jewish training at the Bet Hamidrash of Basle, Switzerland. He also taught at Hebrew University, Bar Ilan University, Washington State University, and the University of Minnesota. He has published over 150 research papers in Mathematics and Talmud, and is the author of numerous books. He currently teaches a daily class in Talmud and a weekly class in Kabbalah at Congregation Anshei Shalom, West Hempstead, New York.

Texte du rabat

The original text of the Jerusalem Talmud is here established on the basis of the editio princeps and the existing manuscripts. The text is fully vocalized. This edition also presents the first English scholarly translation and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud. All technical terms and syllogisms are explained. The edition will serve as a necessary foundation for the understanding of all rabbinic tradition once the entire Talmud has been commented.