https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390001
Rabbi Even Israel shares that one of the first to give his approbation for the Steinsaltz Talmud was American posek hador Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. “He said that the pictures and notes make it very useful for the layman, but especially so for Torah scholars.”
There are two letters from Rav Moshe Feinstein, one dated 1970, and a second one from 1983.
ReplyDeleteA careful reading of the text of Rav Feinstein’s letters indicates that he did not review all aspects of the Steinsaltz Gemorah.
Did he agree with Steinsaltz's explanations that went against traditional understandings of the text?
“He said that the pictures and notes make it very useful for the layman, but especially so for Torah scholars.”
ReplyDeleteEven-Israel misquotes Rav Moshe Feinstein.
The 1970 letter acknowledges the addition of drawings, merely stating that these portray things that aren't widely known. The 1983 letter doesn't mention the drawings at all.
RMF also didn't say that the pictures and notes make it "especially" useful for Torah scholars.
The 1970 letter mentions that he saw one volume (unnamed). The 1983 letter mentions 2 volumes (Beitzah, Rosh Hashana).
Do we know who actually wrote the 1983 letter? Was RMF still writing letters then, or was it ghostwritten by his grandson?
Moreover, if RMF had already written a letter in 1970, what was the impetus for a new letter to be released in 1983?
So interesting. Was that really a thing? Did Republicans pander to Stalin like some revere Putin now?
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