I want indexes (indices) to the classic Torah works, so that I can quickly find the pages that hold the information I need. Where can I find such indexes?
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Chumash:
- The Stone Chumash, the Soncino chumash, and R' Aryeh Kaplan's chumash each include an index.
Tanach:
- The Stone Tanach includes an index.
Talmud Bavli:
Retter, Daniel (2011) (in English).
המפתח = HaMafteach.
WorldCat — Amazon — promotional website.Retter, Daniel (2011) (in Hebrew).
המפתח לתלמוד בבלי.
WorldCat — Amazon — promotional website.Some of the works listed under Talmud -- Indexes in WorldCat are other indexes to the Talmud. Most are not.
Shulchan Aruch:
- Karo, J. E., Isserles, M. I., Preisler, Z., Havlin, S. (1993) (in Hebrew).
שלחן ערוך / לרבינו יוסף קארו ; עם המפה (הגהות הרמ״א) לרבינו משה איסרליס ; נערך, סודר והודפס מחדש בכרך אחד עם פיסוק ועם האיזכורים מהמקרא, מלווה בששה מפתחות ; בעריכת צבי ה. פרייזלר, שמואל הבלין.
One-volume edition, fully vowelized, with indexes. No commentaries. WorldCat. Important: In WorldCat, use "Show libraries holding just this edition" to get a list of only the libraries that hold the 1993 Ketuvim edition and to get a list of only the libraries that hold the 1995 Ketuvim edition.
- Karo, J. E., Isserles, M. I., Preisler, Z., Havlin, S. (1993) (in Hebrew).
Mishna Berurah:
- Yad Yisrael by Daniel Eidensohn. English-language and Hebrew-language editions available.
Igros Moshe:
- Yad Moshe by Daniel Eidensohn.
You can find indexes to other works too. For example, see <http://books.google.com/books?id=347YayHXEEcC&pg=PA115> and the succeeding pages.
Check out two websites by Mordechai Torczyner:
http://www.webshas.org/ -- Intelligent Index to the Talmud
http://www.hamakor.org/ -- bibliographic help in researching topics within traditional Jewish literature
While not complete, they are worthwhile resources.
Check out The Bar Ilan Responsa - Global Jewish Database. It is a database of thousands of years of halachic literature with an extremely advanced search feature, allowing you to find all relevant information in seconds.
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Is this an index of the contents of the works, or just a lot of the works themselves?– Double AA ♦Dec 7, 2012 at 19:26
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It is a searchable database with extremely advanced search features that allows for quick searching of thousands of years of halachic literature.– BaruchDec 7, 2012 at 19:36
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Which is why it's a good answer to this other question but I don't know if it works here.– Double AA ♦Dec 8, 2012 at 23:46