Moshe Miller

Another English translation of the Sefer ha- Zohar with commentary. This one was released before the first volume of the Pritzker edition was published. I get the impression however wrongly that this was meant to be the first volume of an edition of the Zohar in English, hence the subtitle " Bershit 1" that being the Hebrew title for Genesis.

The Pritzker Edition of the Zohar has the verses arranged in the traditional way as the appear in the Aramaic. There are some such as Rabbi Miller and the late Lubavitcher Rebbe who thought it would be a much better idea from the stand point of study to have the verses and commentary arranged according their traditional order of the verses in the Torah. I couldn't agree more! I'm sure in takes a great deal of Mental Discipline in order to get a grasp for the Zohar's commentary on the Torah as a whole by way of the ordinary ordering of the text.

As no further volumes appear to have been released to this date i fear that we have all we will be getting of Rabbi Miller's translation which I for one I feel is a shame.… (mer)