This groundbreaking new edition of the Talmud will improve and enrich the way people study, debate, and experience this central Jewish text. The Koren Talmud Bavli offers an innovative design, an incomparable translation and commentary by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, colour photographs and illustrations, the first in a Talmud since it appeared in print 500 years ago. The Koren Talmud Bavli is designed to enable students at every level to actively participate in the dynamic process of Talmud study. The Koren Talmud Bavli achieves a balance between tradition and innovation that no other English edition of the Talmud achieves. The Koren Talmud Bavli preserves the traditional Vilna page, and enables people to engage deeply in the traditional process of Talmud study at the same time that it embraces contemporary scholarship and technology.