It is provided with in introduction in Hebrew and English. The volume was issued by the Maimonides Publishing Company with headquarters at 51 East 96th Street, New York City.

The entire code has been translated by Rabbi Glazer and four more volumes are to follow the publication of the first. The Rabd criticisms of Maimonides which have always accompanied the Maimonides text and especially furnished Biblical and Talmudic references, presenting the origin of the formulations and supplying chapter and verse of Biblical quotations, is also a part of the new volume. The volume is of particular interest to Maimonides scholars in view of the fact that his rendering of the Hebrew into English was carried out in strict conformity with the Rabbinical Halachic tradition. The first volume, which was issued yesterday, includes the Hebrew text with the English translation printed on the same page. The translation was made by Rabbi Simon Glazer, well known in the American Orthodox Rabbinate. He also served for many years (1943–63) as principal of a Jewish day school in Wilmington, Delaware, and directed Jewish schools in Birmingham, Alabama, and Camden, New Jersey.A valuable contribution to Judaica of particular interest to Jewish communities in English speaking countries was made with the publication of the first volume of an English translation of Maimonides’ Mishnah Torah, Yod Ha ‘Hazakah, codified laws and traditions of the Biblical and Talmudic periods. He also served on the board of directors of the Histadrut Ivrit b'America, an American association for the promotion of Hebrew language and culture. The Hebrew Publishing Company described him, at his death, as 'the most obscure bestselling author.'īirnbaum was a regular columnist and book reviewer for the Hebrew-language weekly, Hadoar. His editions of liturgy for daily prayer, Sabbath, festivals, and the High Holidays became immensely popular, selling an estimated 300,000 copies. Birnbaum was widely known and respected for his fine translation and annotation of synagogue liturgy.

His popular works included A Treasury of Judaism (1957), A Book of Jewish Concepts (1975), The Concise Jewish Bible (1977), and a selection of the Maimonides Code, the Mishneh Torah (1944, 1967), with Hebrew and English translation. Birnbaum's edition of Yefet Ben Ali's work was edited from eight manuscripts and included an English language introduction, a translation into Hebrew of the Arabic original, and critical notes on the text.īut Birnbaum's talent and lasting contribution was in popularizing Jewish law and custom, and in translating synagogue liturgy. In 1942, he published his dissertation, a critical, scientific edition of the Arabic commentary of the Karaite Yefet Ben Ali, on the Book of Hosea. He attended Howard College and completed a Ph.D.

Birnbaum was born in Zamowiec, Poland, and immigrated to the United States in 1923.

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