The Department of Talmud and Halakha
Subject: The Talmudic commentaries in North Africa and Egypt during the Middle Ages.
Advisor: Prof. Simcha Emanuel.
Abstract: A comprehensive study on the development of the writing of commentaries on the Talmud (and Hilchot ha-Fif) during the Middle Ages in North Africa and Egypt, while reconstructing lost commentaries from the Cairo Genizah.