Sefaria: Jewish Texts Library

Name: Sefaria: Jewish Texts Library
Rating: 4.57746 (497 reviews)

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User Reviews for Sefaria: Jewish Texts Library

Love this app; iPhone reads its text in Japanese

No matter if my app setting is English or Bilingual, the built-in up to date iOS iPhone 7 page reader speaks it to me in Japanese. That is not, nor ever has been a setting on my iPhone, and I have ‘read’ hundreds of books/articles/pages in the English voiceover. Any idea why? I have checked my system Accessibility settings, even changed from male to female English voice. No change. Thank you for any help.

BluesQueen, Oct 09, 2020

One of the most wonderful Torah resources available

I personally recommend this app to anyone who will listen. The size of the library is tremendous and is constantly growing. Combining that with the fact that it’s completely free makes this one of the most wonderful Torah resources I’ve ever seen. I think it is the very tool K’lal Yisroel needs in the digital age and it’s executed beautifully. Everything from the development infrastructure (I’ve looked at the GitHub repo multiple times and as a developer I’m very impressed) to the design, is of outstanding & modern quality.I would like to personally say thank you to everyone at Sefaria.

Boomsky7, Jul 31, 2019

Simply the best

I cannot overstate how much I love having the Sefaria app on my phone. I used to always just use the website but I’m glad I finally took the plunge and got it on my phone too - I had no idea how handy it would be! I can look things up so easily. Plus having all the texts available without cell service or internet is a game-changer. Highly recommend for anyone interested in Jewish texts.

cheesecakelvrrr, Mar 30, 2023

Amazing performance and UX!

Baruch HaShem for your guys monumental work on all the Jewish scriptures translation and digitizing. I am a daily user of Sefaria app. Big thanks for the William Davidson Talmud. (I am Koren’s Talmud admirer). Sefaria app is a VERY serious ArtScroll’s competition. In many aspects Sefaria app delivers better features and higher quality of design and performance. It is unbelievable what you guys did and continuing to do! Beazrat HaShem you will never stop! The app is simply great! Super fast indexing and search and a wonderful UX. A feature request: is there is anyway to have a setting for the G-d name. Many people may prefer to see HaShem instead of the Lord. I understand it is the Open Source text, nevertheless do you have it anywhere on the road map? :)Thank you once again and keep it coming Sefaria Team!

ikilimnik, Jun 20, 2019

Game changer!!

First of all, you should know that I never write reviews for apps but decided to make an exception because of how much I love it. I have a bookcase filled with real books on the Bible but I rarely use it anymore because it’s all available on my phone!! I literally use it every day for my daily Talmud class, to study the Torah portion, or to source commentaries or new ideas. Anytime, anywhere. Thank you Sefaria for making the Torah so accessible and intuitive to use, and for bringing God’s word including ancient Jewish wisdom to a modern, technological world. God bless you!!

LookLearnLove, Aug 25, 2020

Fanatastic Resource, Please Fix iOS 11 Bug

As a rabbinical student, I use Sefaria just about every day. It is a fantastic resource that just keeps getting better. Since the rollout of iOS 11, the iPad app has a new bug. After using the app for a few minutes, the screen will often “flicker” when I return to the app from another app. The only to stop this flicker effect is to quit the app and start again....and then it happens again. This is definitely a hit to my productivity. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS BUG AND FIX IT! Thanks for offering us a wonderful service.

Meir Bargeron, Jan 30, 2018

This app is amazing!

This app is very well thought out and very inclusive and deep. I love the translations, as my Hebrew level is still very low, but the access to materials in English, and for free, is amazing!Pro User Request:I do a lot of note taking and app switching and iOS 11 has had the ability for over a year that it can split screen and even have an app in the tinier window attached to the side of the screen, having these features in the app would be so helpful.

Micshot, Aug 13, 2018

Excellent resource!

And totally free! The interface is beautiful and the text in English and Hebrew is clear and legible. They could improve the search feature. It finds whatever term ask but here's the problem: when you tap on the selection it opens in a page where there is a ton of Hebrew and then you scroll and scroll and scroll. When you get to the translation your search term is not highlighted anywhere. You basically have to look for it. Like a needle in a haystack....but it's in there somewhere.

Mikmeister, Sep 23, 2017

THE UI IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL UPGRADE FROM BEFORE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

The UI is such an incredible upgrade from when this app first started out!!! Of course, there’s so much more room for modernizing and improving the user interface further; however, I want to commend the Sefaria team on their advancements of the app as a whole and of course their tremendous array of texts that are provided to anyone and everyone for FREE! G-d bless you.

Star Wars back, Mar 28, 2023

A Chest of Treasures

This app is absolutely wonderful. I find that it is helping to greatly increase my knowledge and understanding of many aspects of the Way. Spanning the earliest scriptural and liturgical writings through the Rabbinical Commentaries and thoughts, through the mystical texts, to current and contemporaneous scholarly works. May the Lord God Almighty, King of the Universe, Yehovah, Bless and Protect the memory of the Man to whom this Sefaria is dedicated; his loving and righteous family; the Children of Israel, Levy, and Cohen; all those who love and fear and adore Yehovah; Righteous of the Nations who are with Israel and the Hebrew People. May Yehovah Bless and Protect all those who read and study this great work, the Sefaria. May Yehovah Bless and protect and protect the State of Israel, its leadership, and the Israelis; and the United States of America, friend of Israel; the President and leadership of the United States, and the righteous of the American people. Amen.Shema Israel: Yehovah Eloheynu, Yehovah Echad. Amenאלוהים, מלך היקום, יהוה, יברך ויגן על זכרו של האדם שאליו מוקדש ספר זה. ואלוהים יברך את משפחתו האוהבת והצודקת. יהוה יברך את ישראל, לוי וכהן. יברך את כל מי שאוהב את יהוה. יהוה יברך את כל מי שקורא ומלמד את היצירה הגדולה של הספרייה. יהוה יברך ויגן על מדינת ישראל, על הנהגתה ועל קדושת ישראל. יהוה יברך את ארצות הברית של אמריקה, ידידת ישראל הגדולה ביותר, את נשיא ארצות הברית ואת מנהיגיה ואת העם האמריקני.שמע ישראל, ה 'אלוהינו הוא יהוה אחד. אָמֵן

Touchedbybluefierylight, Aug 01, 2018

Description

"Sefaria delivers texts, translations, and commentaries of ancient and modern Jewish texts directly to your smartphone. Explore our online Siddur, Torah, Tanakh, Tehillim, and so much more. We are taking the People of the Book into the digital age, and with just 500 MB you can download the entire library to access all texts offline.

Our interface is simple and user-friendly: delve deep into the texts with the swipe of a finger. Get information on specific topics, such as Passover - the next holiday on our calendar, Daf Yomi, search using keywords, or browse the table of contents to explore texts, translations, and commentaries, and explore the connections between works in the library. Whether you're looking to get a deeper look at the Hebrew Bible, learn Halacha, do your Mishnah homework, recite the Bedtime Shema with your children, read Tehillim, or say Birkat Hamazon after your meal, you've come to the right app. We offer an ever-growing list of translations for key texts, making these textual treasures available to communities around the world. We currently offer works in English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Portuguese, Persian, Polish, Russian, and Yiddish. Get full access to: * Calendars for Parashat HaShavua (weekly Torah reading), Daf Yomi (daily Oral Torah learning), 929 (daily Tanakh), Rambam Yomi (daily Rambam teaching), and Mishnah Yomi (daily Mishnah) * Torah commentaries in English including Rashi, Or HaChaim, Rashbam, and many more * Over 50 commentaries on Tanakh - Ibn Ezra, Ramban, Haamek Davar Gur Aryeh, and more * Over 15 Mishnah commentaries including Bartenura, Ikar Tosafot Yom Tov, Rambam, and more * Over 30 Talmud Bavli commentaries including Rashi, Tosafot, Rashba, and more * Siddur including daily davening and Birkat Hamazon * As well as Midrash, Halacha, Kabbalah, Tanya, Haggadah, Zohar, Chasidut, Musar, Pirkei Avot, Tehillim, and more, with new texts added to the library all the time. Our mission as a non-profit organization is to allow more people access to engage with the textual treasures of our tradition. As we move our texts from print to digital we are creating not merely an archive but a platform to give these texts new life. Our free, living library of Jewish texts is allowing us to build the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way. Download our app or learn more at www.sefaria.org