Harry Mordecai Freedman (17 October 1901 – 4 December 1982) was a rabbi, author, translator, and teacher. Among his more famous contributions are his translations done for several tractates of theTalmud,Midrash Rabbah, andEncyclopedia Talmudit.

Freedman was born inVitebsk, Russia in 1901. His family moved to England and he grew up in London. He studied at theEtz Chaim Yeshiva, received a BA from theUniversity of London, semicha fromJews College, and a PHD from the university of London(in 1923, 1924, and 1930 respectively).^[1] He served in pulpit positions in England, Australia, and the United States, and served as a teacher atYeshiva University.^[1][2][3]

Freedman was father in law to prominent Melbourne lawyer, Arnold Bloch.^[4]

Freedman made several significant contributions as a translator.

• Eight volumes of theBabylonian Talmud as part of theSoncino English edition of the Talmud.
• Midrash Rabbah (10 volumes), with Maurice Simon.^[5]
• Several volumes ofMenachem Mendel Kasher's Torah Sheleimah, called The Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation in English.^[6]
• Encyclopedia Talmudica, the English edition ofEncyclopedia Talmudit.^[7]
• Israel Passover Haggadah, an English Translation of Kasher's הגדה ארצישראלית^[8]

• One Hundred Years: The Story of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation 1841-1941 (1941)^[1]
• He wrote the commentary for the biblical books of Genesis, Joshua and Jeremiah for theSoncino Books of the Bible^[1]
• A commentary on the Pentateuch, published posthumously in 2001.^[1]

• 1901 births
• 1982 deaths
• 20th-century English rabbis
• English Orthodox rabbis
• Australian Orthodox rabbis
• Alumni of the London School of Jewish Studies
• Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom
• British emigrants to Australia
• 20th-century Australian rabbis
• 20th-century American rabbis

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