Weekly Freebies: R. Hoffmann on the Torah

Posted by: Gil Student in Freebies, Legacy Jul 23, 11 3 Comments

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R. David Zvi Hoffmann was a brilliant Talmudist, religious authority and academic scholar of Judaism. Among his many accomplishments was a highly original commentary on the Torah. Written in German, it was later translated into Hebrew. Two of the Hebrew volumes are available for free download online:

Bereishis
Devarim

About Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

3 comments

  1. Rael Levinsohn
    Jul 23, 11 at 10:47 pm

    Project suggestion: Get this work in entirety translated into English. Any takers?

  2. rebdoniel
    Jul 25, 11 at 1:17 pm

    Does anyone know if they have the original German online?

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