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Subject: Re: Any one have a translation of the Talmud into English
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Date: Sun, 29-Apr-84 23:22:48 EDT
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The standard available translation of the Talmud was done by Soncino
and since pirated by many others (traditional press comes to mind).
Several net posters have used the comment of our sages of blessed memory
that one who credits his sources brings redemption to the world.
The converse is probably true and helps explain the log-running success of
galut.

Selected tractates were also rendered into English by El-Am.

The Soncino version is very dry and El-Am is very incomplete.
My suggestion is to use Adin Steinsalz editions which have almost
all the Aramaic translated into Hebrew and the main text is vowel pointed.
If the best reason for learning Hebrew is to appreciate Ps 104,
learning Talmud with the help of Rav Steinsalz is number 2.