LONG READS → ONE DAY CLOSER Issue 791 · December 25, 2019

They Toil That We May Toil

Three of the stellar team of top-flight talmidei chachamim who toiled for years to complete the Artscroll Shas describe the project’s history and inner workings

They Toil That We May Toil

Monuments have builders — in this case, the stellar team of top-flight talmidei chachamim who toiled for a decade and a half to complete this unprecedented English-language translation and elucidation of Talmud Bavli. What a distinct honor it is, then, to sit with three of that team’s leaders in ArtScroll’s Brooklyn offices as they describe the project’s history and inner workings:

Rabbi Yechezkel Danziger, editorial director of the Talmud Bavli project;

Rabbi Eli Herzka, associate director of the Talmud Bavli project; and

Rabbi Zev Meisels, director of the Tosafos project. All three are or were also directors of the Talmud Yerushalmi project.

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