Vilna Edition Shas
TheVilna Editionof theTalmud,printed in Vilna (nowVilnius),Lithuania,is by far the most commonprintededition of the Talmud still in use today as the basic text forTorah studyinyeshivasand by all scholars ofJudaism.
It was typeset by theWidow Romm and Brothersof Vilna.[1]This edition comprises 37 volumes and contains the entireBabylonian Talmud.In its entirety, there are 2,711 double-sidedfoliopages.[2]It follows the typical pagination ofBombergprinting with theGemaraand/orMishnahcentered withRashi's commentary on the inner margin andTosafoton the outer margin.[3]It is also flanked by other various marginal notations from various prominentTalmudists.This edition was first printed in the 1870s and 1880s, but it continues to be reproduced photomechanically worldwide.
History
[edit]Plans for publication of theVilna Shaswere announced in 1834 by the owners of theVilna-Horadna Press,Menachem Man Ream and Simcha Zimmel.[4]Along with a copyright, a restriction was placed on publishing anotherShasfor twenty years.[4][5]
A rival edition of the Talmud, theSlavuta Shas,had been published almost three decades earlier, in 1807.[6]The publishers of the Slavuta Talmud argued that the Vilna Edition infringed on their rabbinical court-ordered 25-year license to be the sole publishers of the text.[7][8]Although more than 25 years had passed since the date of the first edition of the Slavuta Shas, only 21 years had passed after its latest edition.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Floating Letters: The Widow Romm and the Printing Press of Vilna".
- ^"Italians, Helped by an App, Translate the Talmud".The New York Times.April 6, 2016.
Consisting of 2,711 double-sided pages...
- ^"Tosafot".Britannica.
Rashi's... on the inside margin... tosafot... outside margin.
- ^abHanoch Teller(1985).Soul Survivors.New York City Publishing Company. pp.185-203.ISBN0-961-4772-0-2.
- ^by RabbiAkiva Eiger
- ^abMizrahi, Israel (August 15, 2019)."The Legendary Shapiro Shas".Retrieved2020-09-30.
- ^Hoffman, Yair (December 21, 2016)."The Slavuta Shas".The Yeshiva World.RetrievedSeptember 30,2020.
- ^Netanel, Neil Weinstock; Nimmer, David (2016-03-01).From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195371994.003.0007.ISBN978-0-19-537199-4.
External links
[edit]- Publishing Houses in Vilna in the Interwar Periodon theYad Vashemwebsite
- The Story of the Romm Publishing House and the Vilna Shas
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