Kerisos (A) Schottenstein Hebrew Travel Talmud

ArtScroll puts it this way: "From early morning till late at night, people are using their Schottenstein Hebrew Talmud volumes and enriching their lives with the word of Hashem." The travel edition exists so that the in-between hours count too - an ultra-lightweight paperback built to be carried, not shelved.

This is Kerisos, part A, in the Hebrew Schottenstein elucidation: 218 paperback pages at a price that makes leaving one on a bus an annoyance rather than a loss. The full-size Gemara stays home; the travel volume goes in the briefcase, the car door pocket or the coat you daven Minchah in.

Kerisos itself is a masechta of careful classification - the transgressions for which the Torah prescribes kareis, and the chatas and asham offerings brought in connection with them. It is exactly the kind of tightly reasoned material where a running Hebrew elucidation set beneath your eye keeps you moving instead of stalling on a phrase.

For a Daf Yomi learner in the middle of Seder Kodashim, the travel volumes are the difference between learning on the train and telling yourself you will catch up at night. Free shipping applies to orders over $75, so these are worth ordering a few at a time.

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