Cover art: From David Goldstein's The Ashkenazi Haggadah (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985),
fol. 7b. Permission granted by The British Library.

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Talmud. English. Selections.
The Talmud : selected writings / [selected] by Ben Zion Bokser,
Baruch M. Bokser.
p. cm.—(Classics of Western spirituality)

ISBN 0-8091-3114-5 (pbk.)
1. Talmud—Introductions. I. Bokser, Ben Zion, 1907‐
II. Bokser, Baruch M. III. Title. IV Series.
BM499.5.E5B65 1989

296.1'250521—dc20

89-36560

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