The Jewish Home | JUNE 23, 2016
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Dedicated by the
Kleinman Family
his monumental 17-volume elucidation of Midrash Rabbah is unprecedented in its clarity and beauty. Following the style of the acclaimed Schottenstein Talmud, this edition translates and explains every word of the Midrash. The commentary is brilliant. The Insights are enlightening. The explanatory footnotes clarify concepts. It includes a broad array of newly typeset classic Hebrew commentaries. Graceful, clear, accurate — this is a magnificent addition to the ArtScroll Library.
We pay tribute to the Patrons of the individual volumes who helped make this work possible: STEVEN AND RENÉE ADELSBERG • MENDEL ז“לAND ARIELA BALK • JOSEPH AND SHEILA BISTRITZKY • EDWARD MENDEL AND ELISSA CZUKER AND FAMILY (Los Angeles) • MENDY AND ITA KLEIN (Cleveland) • ELLY AND SHAINDY KLEINMAN • MRS. JUDITH LOWINGER, ROBERT LOWINGER, LEVY LOWINGER, VIVIAN BOLLAG • SHLOMO YEHUDA AND TAMAR RECHNITZ • YISROEL ZEV יבל״חAND AVIGAIL ע״ה RECHNITZ • THE RINGEL FAMILY • THE ROSEDALE AND WILHEIM FAMILIES (Cincinnati) • AUBRUEY AND JILL SHARFMAN (Los Angeles) • KEITH AND SHARONA SHARFMAN • MONA SHIMOFF • ROBIN AND WARREN SHIMOFF • NACHUM DOV AND MALKIE SILBERMAN • AVRUM AND D’VORAH WEINFELD (Chicago) • AND ONE ANONYMOUS DONOR
We pay tribute to the extraordinary talmidei chachamim who participated in the writing, editing, and reviewing of the entire 17-volume series, and made this historic classic accessible to today’s Jews:
Rabbis Yaacov Blinder • Sheah Brander • Nochum Brown • Hillel Danziger • Yoav Elan • Ben Tzion Gliksberg Aaron Meir Goldstein • Geilan Grant • Eliezer Herzka • Dovid Kaiser • Nesanel Kasnett • Abraham Kleinkaufman Eliyahu Meir Klugman • Henoch Moshe Levin • Yosef Levinson • Yisroel Londinski • Chaim Zev Malinowitz Gershon Meisels • Zevi Meisels • Henoch Morris • Baruch Pomper • Kalman Redisch • Moshe Yosef Ruvel • Beryl Schiff Yisrael Schneider • Yisroel Simcha Schorr • Leiby Schwarz • Shaul Shatzkes • Shlomo Silverman • Mordechai Sonnenschein Nahum Spirn • Yitzchok Stavsky • Avrohom Meir Weiss • Yosaif Asher Weiss and numerous contributing editors who assisted with various volumes
We also pay tribute to the exceptional contributions of our typesetters and copy editors, whose expertise and insightful comments enhanced the beauty and accuracy of every page:
Shloime Brander • Moishe Deutsch • Mordechai Gutman • Mrs. Judi Dick • Mrs. Estie Dicker • Mrs. Sury Englard • Mrs. Esther Feierstein Mrs. Toby Goldzweig • Mrs. Chumie Lipschitz • Mrs. Mindy Stern • Mrs. Faigie Weinbaum • Mrs. Ahuva Weiss
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RABBI DAVID FEINSTEIN
Rosh HaYeshivah, Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem JOEL L. FLEISHMAN,* Chairman, Director, Sam & Ronnie Heyman, Center on Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions, Duke University
HOWARD TZVI FRIEDMAN
Founding Partner, Lanx Management, LLC
AUDIT COMMITTEE RABBI NOSSON SCHERMAN General Editor, ArtScroll Series
JUDAH I. SEPTIMUS*
Pres., Atlantic Land Title & Abstract, Ltd.
JAY SCHOTTENSTEIN, Chairman STEVEN ADELSBERG HOWARD BALTER MOSHE BEINHORN RABBI RAPHAEL B. BUTLER EDWARD MENDEL CZUKER, Los Angeles REUVEN D. DESSLER, Cleveland
BENJAMIN C. FISHOFF YITZCHOK GANGER JACOB M.M. GRAFF, Los Angeles HASHI HERZKA JACOB HERZOG, Toronto AMIR JAFFA, Cleveland YONA JAFFA
Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell
JAMES S. TISCH*
President, Loews Corp. President
LLOYD F. KEILSON LESTER KLAUS MOTTY KLEIN ELLY KLEINMAN EZRA MARCOS, Geneva RABBI MEYER H. MAY, Los Angeles ASHER D. MILSTEIN
CFO/COO (Ret.) The Jewish Federations of North America; Partner (Ret.) Ernst & Young, LLP
JOSEPH C. SHENKER*
RABBI MEIR ZLOTOWITZ
INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SAMUEL ASTROF
ANDREW J. NEFF BARRY M. RAY ZVI RYZMAN, Los Angeles A. GEORGE SAKS JOSEPH A. SCHOTTENSTEIN JONATHAN R. SCHOTTENSTEIN
* The indicated Trustees also serve on the Audit Committee
JEFFREY A. SCHOTTENSTEIN HERBERT E. SEIF NATHAN B. SILBERMAN A. JOSEPH STERN JACQUES STERN, São Paulo WOLI STERN, São Paulo ELLIOT TANNENBAUM
SOL TEICHMAN THOMAS J. TISCH GARY TORGOW, Detroit STANLEY WASSERMAN JOSEPH H. WEISS STEVEN WEISZ SHLOMO WERDIGER
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