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| Available in | English, Hebrew |
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| Founder(s) | Brett Lockspeiser, Joshua Foer |
| CEO | Daniel Septimus |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
Sefaria is an online open source,[1] free content, digital library of Jewish texts. It was founded in 2011 by former Google project manager Brett Lockspeiser and journalist-author Joshua Foer.[2][3][4] Promoted as a "living library of Jewish texts", Sefaria relies partially upon volunteers to add texts and translations.[5][6] The site provides cross-references and interconnections between various texts.[3] Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic texts are provided under a free license in the original and in translation. The website also provides a tool for creating source sheets.[7]
Sefaria is maintained by an eponymous non-profit organization[8][9] which employs 18 engineers.[10] According to their chief data officer Lev Israel in 2019, the service received 250,000 unique visitors monthly.[11]
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- ^ Maier, Lilly (February 8, 2017). "You Can Now Read The Whole Talmud Online - For Free". The Forward. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ a b Solomon, Zachary (September 8, 2014). "A New, Digital Wonderland of Jewish Text". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ Arbesman, Samuel (July 10, 2014). "The Network Structure of Jewish Texts". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ Borschei-Dan, Amanda (November 13, 2014). "Old-school educators go hi-tech to promote Torah accessibility". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Henze, Matthias; Werline, Rodney A. (2020-11-29). Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-88414-482-3.
- ^ Schifrin, Dan (11 July 2014). "Locally fueled Sefaria project has radical ambitions for traditional Jewish texts". J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
- ^ Chabin, Michele (February 10, 2017). "Nonprofit offers online English-language translation of the Talmud for free". Religion News Service. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Smith, Noah (September 18, 2018). "The quest to put the Talmud online". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ "How Can Secular Jews Create the Future of Torah?". Oshman Family JCC. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ Spiro, Amy (May 2, 2019). "Sefaria turns a female page". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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