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Jewish & Torah Tech Projects

A curated collection of technological projects for Jewish religious life — AI tools, Hebrew calendar utilities, text study platforms, MCP servers, home automation, and more.

Disambiguation

This list focuses on projects specifically intended for religiously observant Jews, rather than general Israel/Israeli tech projects. Projects are included without regard to the specific type of Judaism practiced by, or envisioned by, the project maintainers.

Disclaimer: Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement of any project, product, or service. This is a community resource list provided for informational purposes only. Users should evaluate each project independently before use.

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AI Chatbots & Assistants

Project Description
AI Torah AI-powered Torah learning platform with personalized paths, interactive tutors, and multilingual access
Beit Midrash Online Learning Torah with an AI partner
ChavrutAI Web app making the Talmud more accessible through a digital interface
Jewish AI Assistant System Prompts System prompts for AI tools which may be useful for Jewish users
Jude the Judaic ChatBot Local AI Judaic study assistant using Sefaria corpus and Ollama, with Hebrew support and source linking
Kol HaTorah An AI chat that knows all of the Torah
Kosher AI AI assistant for Jewish life
KosherGPT GPT-powered assistant for kosher and Jewish topics
Lashon Hara Chatbot Prototype chat UI for lashon hara Q&A
Rabbi AI AI-powered chatbot providing Jewish wisdom and Torah knowledge with verified source citations
Rabbina AI-generated insights on Torah, Talmud, Kabbalah, and Jewish teachings
Rav Chat AI assistant for Torah study
Rebbe.io AI-powered rabbi providing Torah insights and halacha answers
ChatTorah AI-powered Torah chat platform
Torah Chat Mobile app with AI assistant for Jewish texts, calendar, and prayers
Torah Scholar AI-powered Jewish text research — search Tanach, Talmud, and commentaries
Torah Study AI AI study partner for Torah with real sources in every answer

AI Transcription

Project Description
Sofer.ai AI transcription service for shiurim with multilingual support (English, Hebrew, Aramaic, Yiddish)
soferai-openapi OpenAPI specification for the Sofer.Ai API

AI Evaluation & Development

Project Description
Torah Eval Open source evaluation framework for Torah questions
Torah Production Production version of Torah AI

Custom GPTs

Custom GPTs built on OpenAI's ChatGPT platform. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

GPT Description
Halacha Translator GPT for translating halachic concepts
Kosher Kitchen GPT for kosher cooking assistance
Shabbat Time Finder GPT for finding Shabbat times
Yalkut Yosef Scholar GPT for Yalkut Yosef halachic rulings

APIs & Developer Resources

Resource Description
Hebcal API Jewish calendar API with holidays, zmanim, and more
Hebcal Developer APIs Additional Hebcal developer resources and endpoints
Sefaria API REST API for accessing Sefaria's library of Jewish texts
TorahCalc API API for Torah-related calculations and conversions
Yafutzu Torah API Free public API for daily Jewish learning — Chitas, Rambam, and Chassidut texts

Calendar & Zmanim Libraries

See also: Hebrew Calendar Resources for a dedicated list of Hebrew calendar tools.

Project Description
Hebcal A perpetual Jewish calendar
hebcal-es6 Modern ES6 JavaScript library for Hebrew calendar calculations
hebcal-go A perpetual Jewish calendar (Go)
Hebcal REST API Jewish holidays and Hebrew calendar as RSS, CSV, FullCalendar.io objects, and more
hdate-js Converts between Hebrew and Gregorian dates using Rata Die algorithm
Hebrew-Date-KDE-Widget KDE Plasma widget displaying the current Hebrew date
jewish-date JavaScript library for Jewish/Hebrew date conversion
jewish-zmanim TypeScript library for calculating Jewish halachic times — sunrise, Shema, Mincha, Shabbat entry/exit, and more
KosherJava Zmanim Comprehensive Java library for calculating zmanim (halachic times)
KosherZmanim JavaScript/TypeScript library for calculating zmanim
MMM-HebrewCalendar MagicMirror module for displaying the Hebrew calendar
myHebrewDates Track and get reminders for Hebrew date anniversaries (yahrzeits, birthdays, etc.)
py-libhdate Python bindings for libhdate, providing Hebrew calendar and zmanim
pyluach Python library for Jewish calendar dates
TorahCalc Tools for biblical/Talmudic unit conversions, gematria, Hebrew calendar, and zmanim

Daily Learning

Project Description
Daf HaChaim A unique visual Daf Yomi learning experience
HaLomeid Calm, offline-first app for maintaining a daily Torah learning habit through scheduled study units
hebcal-learning Daily learning schedules: Daf Yomi, Mishna Yomi, Nach Yomi, and more
torah-dl Library and tool for downloading media and content from Torah websites

Datasets

Datasets for training and fine-tuning AI models on Jewish texts.

Dataset Description
Sefaria English Library Sefaria's English-language Jewish text library on Hugging Face
Sefaria Hebrew Library Sefaria's Hebrew-language Jewish text library on Hugging Face

Development Components

Project Description
react-jewish-datepicker React component for Jewish date picker

Home Assistant & Smart Home

Project Description
Home Assistant Jewish Calendar Official Home Assistant integration for Jewish calendar sensors
HA-Shabbat-Dashboard Home Assistant Shabbat Dashboard
Home-Assistant-Shabbat-Yom-Tom Home Assistant integration for Shabbat and Yom Tov
Jewish-Sabbaths-Holidays Home Assistant integration for Jewish Sabbaths and Holidays
shabbat-card Animated Shabbat/Yom Tov status card for Home Assistant with sun-driven sky, melting candle, and progress tracking
Awesome Israeli & Jewish Home Assistant Curated list of Israeli/Jewish Home Assistant projects

Jewish Texts & Study Tools

Project Description
Gemara Navigator Unified Gemara navigation throughout Shas of Sefaria, Torat Emet, Vilna Daf, and Dafyomi Kollel
Otzaria A modern app that brings the Jewish library to every device
Parsha Map Interactive Torah portions on an ancient Near East map with historical context and territory overlays
Sefer Graph Torah citation knowledge graph — 1.9M+ citations via MCP
Sefaria Export Exports of Sefaria texts and data for training and analysis
Sefaria Mobile Sefaria for iOS and Android
Sefaria Project New interfaces for Jewish texts — open source platform with extensive API
Shnayim Mikra שניים מקרא ואחד תרגום

Kosher / Kashrut

Project Description
KashrutMap Map of kosher establishments
mitzvot_api API for mitzvot information

MCP Servers (Model Context Protocol)

MCP servers enable large language models to access Jewish texts, calendars, and religious data programmatically.

Project Description
Hebcal MCP Hebrew calendar and zmanim calculations via MCP
Otzaria MCP Server MCP server making the Jewish library accessible to LLMs with full-text search
Sefer Graph Torah citation knowledge graph — 1.9M+ citations via MCP
Sefaria MCP Server (CharmingSteve) MCP server for accessing Sefaria texts, commentaries, and learning schedules
Sefaria MCP Server (Sivan22) MCP server for accessing Sefaria texts
Zmanim MCP Server MCP server for calculating Jewish prayer times (zmanim) for any location

NLP & Text Analysis

Project Description
Talmud NLP Indexer NLP system for programmatically indexing and tagging the Talmud with extensive gazetteers

Shabbat Tools

Project Description
hebcal-shabbat-email Weekly Shabbat times email subscription management for hebcal.com
Pause for Shabbat Sets up an email autoresponder (Outlook) automatically for Shabbat
Shabbat Blocker JavaScript file that blocks usage on Shabbat
Shabbat Timetable Universal Shabbat prayer timetable generator — auto-fetches candle lighting, zmanim, parasha from Hebcal API

Weekly Parshah

Project Description
Parsha Map Interactive Torah portions on an ancient Near East map with historical context and territory overlays
Shnayim Mikra שניים מקרא ואחד תרגום

Resource Lists

Project Description
awesome-jewish-github Awesome list of Jewish-related GitHub projects
awesome-torah Curated list of projects related to Limud Torah and Kiyum Mitzvos
Hebrew Calendar Resources Curated list of Hebrew calendar tools, libraries, and APIs

Contributing

This is a non-exhaustive list and will be updated from time to time. If you know of a project that should be included here, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This resource list is provided for informational purposes.

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