Maimonides Project

In 2007, Rabbi Steinsaltz embarked upon an undertaking of groundbreaking importance for the Jewish people, and especially dear to those who study Maimonides and draw from his deep well of wisdom and inspiration: the Maimonides Project, a commentary and updating by Rabbi Steinsaltz of the Rambam's classic Code of Jewish Law, the Mishneh Torah. 

The Mishneh Torah was intended to provide definitive answers to the vast array of halachic (Jewish legal) questions extant in the Rambam's time.  For the last millennium it has stood as the last word, the final response to countless questions on Jewish Law.  But subsequent advances in the sciences, technology and industry have given rise to novel questions that various commentators have since addressed in disparate works.  There is again a need for synthesis and reconciliation of these diverse opinions into a single, accessible, practical resource.  With the assistance of the Fellows of the Advanced Kollel, the first volume of Rabbi Steinsaltz's commentary and updating of the classic Mishneh Torah is due to be published in 2008.