Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is a scholar, teacher, scientist, writer, mystic, and social critic, and is internationally regarded as one of the most brilliant and influential rabbis of our time. Best known for his monumental commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi Steinsaltz is the recipient of the Israel Prize, which is that country’s highest honor. He has been a resident scholar at major academic institutions including Yale University, the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, N.J., and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. He has been described by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar."