Mrs. Jenni# Miller Faggen, well-known philanthropist, will make it possible for ten outstanding Jewish scholars recruited from rabbinical seminaries in Jerusalem to devote their time exclusively to the preparation of an edition of the Talmud similar to the Torah Shelameh, it was announced here today by Rabbi M. M. Kasher, noted Hebrew scholar and author of the Torah Shelemah who is now on a visit to this country
As explained by Rabbi Kasher this new edition of the Talmud will include every commentary down to the Shulchan Aruch, which means that the edition will represent one thousand years of study of the Talmud by leading scholars throughout the world.
Rabbi Kasher is now in the United States completing arrangements for the publication of the Torah Shelemah which when complete will be in twenty-five volumes. The second volume now off the press in Jerusalem was made possible through the generosity of Mrs. Faggen, who will pay approximately $400 a month for a number of years. This will enable these scholars to give themselves entirely over to this work.
Approximately five years, Rabbi Kasher estimates, will be required to gather the material. This finished, the next step will be to put it in proper form for publication. To carry out this work properly Rabbi Kasher plans to interest all Talmudic scholars of Palestine and Europe. He hopes to produce a monumental work.
In addition to her other philanthropies, Mrs. Faggen is now supporting a number of students in leading rabbinical seminaries of Poland.
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