Jews in the D
English Translation
of Davidson Talmud
Available on Sefaria
T
he William Davidson
Talmud on Sefaria now
includes the complete
English and modern Hebrew
translations from Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz. To date, more than
800,000 people around the
globe have spent 26 million
minutes (or more than 49
years) learning Talmud on
Sefaria — the world’
s largest
free and open source digital
library of Jewish texts.
With the start of the 14th
Daf Yomi cycle that began
Jan. 5 (with people learning a
page of Talmud a day for 7.5
years), individuals can access
the William Davidson Talmud,
including interlinked com-
mentaries and connections
to Torah, Midrash, Halakhah
and an ever-growing library of
Jewish texts on Sefaria.
Users can easily learn a
page of Talmud a day on-the-
go with Sefaria’
s mobile apps
for iOS and Android or from
their desktop. Calendar links
make it easy to stay on track.
Participants can access a
built-in Jastrow dictionary,
take notes without leaving the
page while on the desktop and
more.
The Steinsaltz transla-
tions were made available
with a Creative Commons
non-commercial license,
making them free for use and
re-use — even beyond Sefaria
— through the generous sup-
port of the William Davidson
Foundation.
“My father dedicated his life
to Jewish peoplehood,” Ethan
Davidson said. “A big part of
his vision was ensuring that
our treasures were open and
accessible to all Jews. This
is why he got involved with
the Davidson Archaeological
Park at the Western Wall. And
this is why we at the William
Davidson Foundation felt
that attaching his name to
the world’
s first free and open
access translation of the com-
plete Talmud was in keeping
with his commitment.
“We are honored to be asso-
ciated with Rabbi Steinsaltz,
a giant of this generation. We
further felt that the entrepre-
neurial approach of Sefaria
was something my father
would have strongly resonated
with.”
Written in Aramaic, the
Talmud — consisting of 37
tractates covering 2,700 pages
— includes Jewish law, ethics,
philosophy, history and leg-
end. Studied by religious and
nonreligious Jews alike, the
Talmud is the essential text
of Jewish culture, peoplehood
and religion.
Yet, for centuries, the
Talmud has remained large-
ly inaccessible to all but
trained scholars. The William
Davidson Talmud — a free
digital edition, with parallel
English and modern Hebrew
translations, interlinked with
every major commentary —
opens this seminal work of the
Jewish people to the world.
In 1965, Steinsaltz began his
effort to democratize access to
the Talmud. Read more about
learning Daf Yomi on Sefaria
at sefaria.org/daf-yomi.
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