Safranim, This is very good news! People have been asking about a digitized searchable open access English Talmud, so here it is. It seems to be following the publishing program of the Koren Steinsaltz Talmud which is up to Bava Batra.
Barry [620px.shim.png] [logo.150x70.png] [final_banner.png] Today, Sefaria is excited and humbled to announce the release of The William Davidson Talmud<https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsefaria.org%2Fwilliam-davidson-talmud&e=ade7633e6ec114e786389ce6cb7b4f39&utm_source=sefaria&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wdt_4&n=1>, a free digital edition of the Babylonian Talmud that will include English and Modern Hebrew translation by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, interlinked to major commentaries, biblical citations, Midrash, Kabbalah, Halakhah, and an ever-growing library of Jewish texts. You can already access 22 tractates in English (Berakhot<https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sefaria.org%2FBerakhot.2a%3Flang%3Dbi&e=ade7633e6ec114e786389ce6cb7b4f39&utm_source=sefaria&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wdt_4&n=2> through Bava Batra<https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sefaria.org%2FBava_Batra%3Flang%3Dbi&e=ade7633e6ec114e786389ce6cb7b4f39&utm_source=sefaria&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wdt_4&n=3>) on Sefaria. The Modern Hebrew translations will begin appearing online later this year, and the remaining English tractates will follow. For the Jewish people, our texts are our collective inheritance. Sefaria wants them to be available to everyone, with free and open licenses. Through the generous support of The William Davidson Foundation, Rabbi Steinsaltz's translations will be available with a Creative Commons Non-Commercial license<https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc%2F4.0%2F&e=ade7633e6ec114e786389ce6cb7b4f39&utm_source=sefaria&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wdt_4&n=4>, making them free for use and re-use -- even beyond Sefaria. Learn more here!<https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.sefaria.org%2F2017%2F02%2F07%2Fsetting-the-talmud-free%2F&e=ade7633e6ec114e786389ce6cb7b4f39&utm_source=sefaria&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wdt_4&n=5> Sefaria is a 501(c)3 charitable organization Barry Dov Walfish, Ph.D. Judaica Specialist University of Toronto Libraries Toronto, ON M5S 1A5 Canada
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