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Various Seforim and Commentaries on the Tosefta

1. Tosefta, based on the Erfurt manuscript with variant texts, by Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Zuckermandel
2. Tosefta Tosefet Bikkurim – Moed
3. Tosefta with the commentary of the Gra.
4. Tosefta Cheshek Shlomo – Mevo LaTosefta
5. Tosefta Cheshek Shlomo – Zerayim
6. Tosefta Cheshek Shlomo – Nashim
7. Tosefta Techelet Mordechai on Moed – Volume 1
8. Tosefta Techelet Mordechai on Moed – Volume 2
9. Tosefta Techelet Mordechai on Moed – Volume 3
10. Tosefta Tana Tosfaa on Nashim
11. Tosefta Tana Tosfaa on Nashim (Another Scan, Better Quality)
12. Mechkarim BeBraita VeTosefta by Chanoch Albek
13. Mishna and Tosefta, a Comperative Study in English, Tractate Shabbat, by Boaz Cohen, 1935.
14. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Zerayim, Volume 1 (1986 edition)
15. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Zerayim, Volume 1 (1925 edition)
16. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Moed, Volume 1 (Shabbat, Eruvin, Pesachim) (1934 edition)
17. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Moed, Volume 2 (Rosh Hashana, Yoma) (1942 edition)
18. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Bava Kama (1948 edition)
19. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky – Chulin (1938 edition)
20. Tosefta Higayon Aryeh, by Aryeh Shwartz – Zerayim
21. Tosefta Higayon Aryeh, by Aryeh Shwartz – Bava Kama
22. Tosefta Higayon Aryeh, by Aryeh Shwartz – Chulin
23. Tosefet HaRishonim on the Tosefta, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman – Zerayim, Moed – Volume 1 (1937 edition)
24. Tosefet HaRishonim on the Tosefta, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman – Nashim, Nezikin, Kadshim – Volume 2 (1937 edition)
25. Tosefet HaRishonim on the Tosefta, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman – Keilim – Niddah – Volume 3 (1937 edition)
26. Tosefet HaRishonim on the Tosefta, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman – Mikvaot – Uktzin – Volume 4 (1937 edition)
27. Sukkah, Mishna and Tosefta with introduction, translation and short notes, by A.W Greenup. (1925)
28. Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishna and Tosefta translated from the Hebrew with brief annotations, by Herbert Danby. (1919)
29. Tractate Berakoth, Mishna and Tosephta, translated from the Hebrew, with introduction and notes, by Williams Lukyn. (1921)
30. Otzar Lashon HaTosefta – Aleph, by Chaim Yehoshua Kosovski. A concordance on the Tosefta.
31. Mishna VeHatosefta – Berachot. A commentary on the Mishna and the Tosefta by Rabbi Yakov Meir Salkind.
32. Tosefta Shleima – Shabbat. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Asher Fritzker.
33. Chasdei David – Volume 1. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Livorno, 1776) OFFSET REPRINT
34. Chasdei David – Volume 2. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Livorno, 1790) OFFSET REPRINT
35. Chasdei David – Volume 3 – Kodshim. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Jerusalem, 1890) OFFSET REPRINT
36. Chasdei David – Volume 1. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Livorno, 1776) ORIGINAL
37. Chasdei David – Volume 2. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Livorno, 1790) ORIGINAL
38. Chasdei David – Volume 3 – Kodshim. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo (Jerusalem, 1890) ORIGINAL
39. Chasdei David – Volume 4, Part 1 – Taharot. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo.
40. Chasdei David – Volume 4, Part 2 – Taharot. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo.
41. Chasdei David – Volume 4, Part 3 – Taharot. A commentary on the Tosefta by Rabbi Chaim Pardo.
42. Der Tosefta Traktat Jöm Tob, Einleitung, Text, Obersetzung und Erklärung, by Michael Kern (1934). (In German)
43. Die Tosefta Traktats Qiddusin übersetzt und erklärt, by Philipp Schlesinger (1926). (In German)
44. Die Toseftaperiode in der Tannaitischen Literatur, by Arthur Spanier (1922). (In German)
45. Perush HaRash Mishantz Al Masechta Bikkurim VeTosefta DeAndroginus (Tosefta Bikkurim 2:2-6)
46. Tosefet Yerushalayim, by Yisrael Isser Isserlin. Halachot from the Tosefta and Yerushalmi not recorded in the Shulchan Aruch.
47. Vehaya Beracha, by R’ Tzvi Elimelech Shapira from Dinov. Commentary on Mishna and Tosefta Berachot. (Przemysl, 1875 Edition)
48. Vehaya Beracha, by R’ Tzvi Elimelech Shapira from Dinov. Commentary on Mishna and Tosefta Berachot. (Jerusalem Edition)
49. Magen Avraham on Tosefta Nezikin, by R’ Avraham Gumbiner, the author of Magen Avraham on the Shulchan Aruch. (Amsterdam, 1732)
50. Magen Avraham on Tosefta Nezikin, by R’ Avraham Gumbiner, the author of Magen Avraham on the Shulchan Aruch. (Amsterdam, 1732) (Different Scan)
51. Tosefta Minchat Yitzchak and Shirei Mincha, by R’ Yitzchak HaCohen Shwadron – Zerayim
52. Tosefta Minchat Yitzchak and Shirei Mincha, by R’ Yitzchak HaCohen Shwadron – Zerayim (different scan)
53. Tosefta Minchat Yitzchak and Shirei Mincha, by R’ Yitzchak HaCohen Shwadron – Shabbat
54. Tosefta Yam Yisachar, by R’ Yissachar Ber Carmoly – Beitza
55. Tosefta Toldot Yitzchak on Yoma, chapter 3, by R’ Yitzchak Itzik Halevi ben Shlomo Zalman of Lemgau. Published in the Journal Yeshurun, Volume 9, 2001, pp. 76-91.
56. Tosefta, Mischna und Boraitha in ihrem Verhältnis zu einander, by Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Zuckermandel. Frankfurt Am Main, 1908. (In German)
57. Die Tosifta der Ordnung Moëd in ihrem Verhältnisse zur Mischna, by Adolf Schwarz. Karlsruhe, 1879. (In German)

Seforim for Sale

1. Tosefta, based on the Vienna manuscript and commentary Tosefta Kifshuta, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman, 12 volumes.
2. Tosefeth Rishonim, by Prof. Shaul Lieberman, 2 volumes.
3. Tosefta Chazon Yechezkel, by Rav Yechezkel Abramsky, 11 volumes.
4. Tosefta Sheviis by Yosef Lieberman.
5. Tosefta, based on the Erfurt manuscript with variant texts, by Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Zuckermandel with Tashlum Tosefta by Prof. Shaul Lieberman.
6. Tosefta Atiqta, Pesah Rishon: Synoptic Parallels of Mishna and Tosefta Analyzed with a Methodological Introduction, by Shamma Friedman
7. Tosefta Bava Kamma: A Structural and Analytic Commentary with a Mishna-Tosefta Synopsis, by Abraham Goldberg
8. The Tosefta: Translated from the Hebrew, with a New Introduction, by Jacob Neusner

Articles on the Tosefta

1. The Tosefta as a Commentary on an Early Mishnah, by Judith Hauptman.
2. The Text-Tradition of the Tosefta: A Preliminary Study in the Footsteps of Saul Lieberman (Hebrew), by Adiel Schremer.
3. Creative Redaction and the Power of Desire – A Study of the Redaction of Tractate Qiddushin: Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud (Hebrew), by Avraham Walfish.
4. A review of a new book by Prof. Eliezer Segal: Tosefta Bava Kamma : A Structural and Analytic Commentary with a Mishna-Tosefta Synopsis, by Abraham Goldberg. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, No. 3 (Jul. – Sep., 2003), pp. 662-664
5. A review of a new book by Prof. Eliezer Segal: Introducing Tosefta: Textual and Intertextual Studies, by H. Fox and T. Meacham. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, No. 3 (Jul. – Sep., 2001), pp. 502-503.
6. Tosefta Article from Encyclopedia Judaica.
7. Mishnah & Tosefta: Which came first?, by Alieza Salzberg.
8. Tosefta Article from the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906.
9. Does the Tosefta Precede the Mishnah: Halakhah, Aggada, & Narrative Coherence, by Judith Hauptman. Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Spring 2001.
10. A Talmudic Problem and Proposed Solutions, by Henry Malter. The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul., 1911), pp. 75-95. This article is about the authorship of the Tosefta, particularly Zuckermandel’s opinion that the Tosefta is really the original Mishna.
11. The Controversies of Rab and Samuel and the Tosefta, by P.R. Weis. Journal of Semitic Studies, 3:3 (1958:July) p.288.
12. A Yerushalmi View of the Authorship of the Tosefta, by Michael Higger. Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 11 (1941), pp. 43-46.
13. An article on the encouragement for daily learning of the Tosefta, by Rabbi Eliezer Schik. (Hebrew)
14. A review of 2 books by Abraham Goldberg: Mishnah and Tosefta: A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiit, by Alberdina Houtman and Mishnah and Tosefta: A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiit. Appendix Volume, Synopsis of Tosefta and Mishnah Berakhot and Shebiit by Alberdina Houtman. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, No. 1 (Jan. – Mar., 2001), pp. 128-130
15. Introduction to the Tosefta, by Rabbi Shlomo Toledano. (Hebrew)
16. How Plutarch Gained his Place in the Tosefta, by Holger Zellentin. Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture, Volume 4, Number 1, 2004 , pp. 17-26.
17. Olga Ruiz Morell. Tosefta Yebamot: Sintesis De Un Estudio. Ilu. Revista de ciencias de las religiones. Cuadernos, ISSN 1139-1529, Nº 3, 2000 , pp. 39-78. (Spanish)
18. Yaakov Elman, Babylonian Baraitot in the Tosefta and the “Dialectology” of Middle Hebrew, AJS Review, Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (Spring – Autumn, 1991), pp. 1-29.
19. Saul Lieberman, “Light on the Cave Scrolls from Rabbinic Sources”, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 20 (1951), pp. 395-404. Commentary on Tosefta Berachot 6:10, Tosefta Berachot 6:26 and Tosefta Terumot 7:12.
20. Tzvi Novick, “Crafting Legal Language: Four or Five in the Mishnah and the Tosefta”, The Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 98, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 289–304.
21. Review of Kohlhammer translation of Tosefta tractates in Moed, by Abraham Goldberg. The Journal of the American Oriental Society, April-June, 1998.
22. The Emergence of the Mishna and Tosefta, by Rabbi Dr. Meir Triebitz.
23. The Tosefta, by Paul Mandel. Chapter 13 from The Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 316-335.
24. Letters from S. Cook, S. Klein and Saul Lieberman in Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society on contradiction between Tosefta Sheviit 3:15 and Tosefta Ohalot 16:3. BIES, vol 5, October 1937, pp. 104-105 and BIES, vol. 6, October 1938, p. 49.
25. The Relationship Between Tosefta and Yerushalmi of Berachot, by Binyamin Katzoff. Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University, 2003. (Hebrew)
26. Beraitot in Talmud Bavli and their parallels in the Tosefta, by Shamma Yehuda Friedman. From: Atara Lechaim – Mechkarim Besifrut Hatalmudit Veharabanit Lekavod Professor Chaim Zalman Dimitrovski, pp. 163-201. (Hebrew)
27. The Primacy of Tosefta to Mishna in Synoptic Parallels, by Shamma Yehuda Friedman. From: Introducing Tosefta: Textual and Intertextual Studies, by Harry Fox and Tirzah Meacham, Ktav, 1999, pp. 99-121.
28. Review: Kasowski’s Concordance to the Tosefta, by Michael Higger, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul., 1936), pp. 67-68.
29. Review: Larsson’s “Toseftatraktat Jom Hak-kippurim”, by Baruch M. Bokser, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 72, No. 2 (Oct., 1981), pp. 145-146.
30. Review: Tosefta Toharot, by Michael Higger, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct., 1936), pp. 214-215.
31. Review: Tosefta Yebamot, by Michael Higger, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct., 1936), pp. 212-214.
32. The Tosefta, by Solomon Zeitlin, The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Apr., 1957), pp. 382-399.