With the aid of one of my grandchildren I pulled out sample mishnayot and baraitot which we checked against one another. On the basis of our research it appears that the two translations are the same, though in the United Synagogue's version the names of the rabbis have been anglicised. This is no doubt a disappointment for anyone who was hoping, as I was, that perhaps Lord Sacks had prepared two quite different but equally elegant and persuasive translations -- something that was quite within his power to do.
