Sefaria: Torah, Talmud, & more

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. Amen אלוהים, 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

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.

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.

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.

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.