About This Text
Author: Ritva
Composed: Middle-Age Spain, c.1280 – c.1320 CE
Concise commentary on the Talmud, written by Rabbi Yom Tov ben Avraham Isbilli (Ritva). The author was a Spanish, medieval rabbi and halakhic authority. His commentaries to many tractates of the Talmud are a mainstay of yeshiva study to this day.