Ein Yaakov: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud

Ein Yaakov: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud complied in the sixteenth century by Rabbi Yaakov Ibn Chaviv a translation with commentary by Avraham Yaakov Finkel (Editor) This is the only complete English translation of the classic Jewish text known as Ein Yaakov. Ein Yaakov is a collection of all the agaddah (the non-legal) material of the Talmud, compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ibn Chaviv, the fifteenth century talmudist. Scattered among the more than 2,700 pages of the Talmud, aggadah focuses on the ethical and inspirational aspects of the Torah way of life. Through a wealth of homilies, anecdotes, allegories, pithy sayings, and interpretations of biblical verses, it has been said that the aggadah brings you closer to God and his Torah. About The Author Avraham Yaakov Finkel is the author of such books as The Essential Maimonides, In My Flesh I See God, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Masters. Born in Basel, Switzerland, and lived in The Hague, The Netherlands, until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen by the Nazis. Finkel is the author of The Essential Maimonides, In My Flesh I See God, Contemporary Sages, The Great Chasidic Masters, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Commentators. He has also translated numerous works, including Sefer Chasidim, Chovot Halevavot, the autobiographies of the Tosafot Yom Tovand Chasam Sofer, Dare to Survive, Songs of Hope, Counterfeit Lives, Itzik, Be Strong! and biographies of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rabbi Shlomoh Zalman Auerbach, and Rabbi Mordechai Schwab. Mr. Finkel resides in New York with his wife, Suri. You have in one volume what Rabbis have had to acquire in dozens of volumes. Table of Contents The Aggado of the Talmud by Rabbi Avraham, son of the Rambam

Tractate Berachot 1-70 Tractate Shabbat 71-136 Tractate Eruvin 137-154 Tractate Pesachim 155-182 Tractate Yoma 183-220 Tractate Sukkah 221-231 Tractate Beitzah 233-254 Tractate Megillah 255-286 Tractate Tannit 287-320 Tractate Moed Katan 321-351 Tractate Yevamot 352-374 Tractate Ketubot 375-398 Tractate Nedarim 399-414 Tractate Nazir 415-418 Tractate Gittin 419-488 Tractate Kiddushin 489-512 Tractate Kamma 513-524 Tractate Metzia 525-546 Tractate Bava Batra 547-594 Tractate Sandhedrin 594-708 Tractate Makkot 709-718 Tractate Shevuot 719-724 Tractate Eduyot 725-726 Tractate Avodah Zarah 727-746 Tractate Horayot 747-752 Tractate Zevachim 753-758 Tractate Menachot 759-766 Tractate Chullin 767-778 Arachin 779-786 Temurah 787-790 Me'ilah 793-794 Tamid 795-798 Tractate Niddah 799-802 Tractate Uktzin 803-803