The newest translation into modern Russian of the Pentateuch - Torah - with the classic commentary "Soncino" (Soncino is the name of the most famous Jewish printers, related by family ties and had publishing houses in Italy, Spain, Portugal and many other countries of Europe in the XV - XVI centuries) The publication also includes haftarot - excerpts from the Books of the Prophets, read in synagogues on Saturdays, holidays and on fasting days. Each section of the Pentateuch and the Haftarot is provided with commentaries by Rabbi Yosef Hertz (1872 - 1946) - Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. They are, of course, based on classical Jewish commentaries of biblical texts, but in their commentaries and articles (also placed on the pages of this edition) p. Hertz takes into account contemporary discoveries and achievements of history, archaeology, ethnography, philosophy and polemics with Christian and Muslim theologians. This edition of the Pentateuch can be used very widely - and during the synagogue service; and as a textbook in higher and secondary school (both religious and secular); and for self-study