of God’s names and of the Torah’s antiquity. The work began as a series of lectures which he gave in the Rabbinical Seminary. Originally, commentaries on Bereishit, Vayikra, and Devarim were published, starting in 1904; his commentary on Shemot was published by Mossad Harav Kook only in 2010. The commentaries on Vayikra and Devarim were written by Radatz himself, while the commentaries on Bereishit and Shemot were written by his students, based on manuscripts of his lectures. Hoffmann's Melamed Le-ho'il, are responsa on then contemporary issues, as based on historical evidence of tradition. He also published a translation of two of the orders of the Mishna into German. Most of his writings were in German and remain so to this day. The First Mishna was translated into English, and a selection of his comments on the Passover Haggada have been published in Hebrew as well. His Pentateuch commentary was later translated into Hebrew; though today out of print, it is available online. References General . Cited External links His Pentateuch commentary translated into Hebrew: Genesis, Deuteronomy Zur Einleitung in die halachischen Midraschim The first Mishna / The highest court by Rabbi Dr David Hoffmann, translated by Paul Forchheimer Digitized works by David Zvi Hoffmann at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York 1843 births 1921 deaths People from Vrbové Slovak rabbis 19th-century German rabbis Hungarian Orthodox rabbis Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary alumni 20th-century German rabbis