A first volume released under a groundbreaking project to translate the Talmud into Italian has become an unexpected bestseller, its publisher said on Friday.

A first print run of 2,000 copies sold out in three days and another 3,000 rushed into shops are already all reserved because of what publisher Shulim Vogelmann described as "extraordinary demand given the current state of the book market".

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat and the Passover holiday in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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