The Practical Talmud Dictionary

An indispensable tool for all students of the Talmud on every level. With over 3,500 definitions, appendices, abbreviations, and more. Authoritative, easy-to-use, vowelized Aramaic text with English translation. Revised edition. Printed in cooperation with the Ariel Institute.

Rabbi Yitzhak Frank studied at Yeshiva University and at the Telshe Yeshiva in Ohio. He received Rabbinical ordination from Yeshivath Rabbenu Yitzhak Elhanan where he was also a member of the kollel headed by Rav Aharon Lichtenstein (zt"l). He also received a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Religious Education at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Frank has been specializing in teaching gemara and Aramaic to relative beginners. For many years, he has taught Jewish studies at yeshivoth and other Torah institutions in New York and (since 1971) in Israel.