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      "title": "Sefaria",
      "deck": "The single most important digital tool in contemporary Jewish learning.",
      "summary": "Summary. Sefaria (sefaria.org) is a free, open-source library of Jewish texts in Hebrew and English. It contains the full Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, Midrashic literature, the major medieval commentaries (Rashi, Rambam, Ramban, Ibn Ezra, Sforno, and many more), the Shulchan Aruch, Mishnah Berurah, the Zohar, and much else. Texts are richly cross-linked: any verse, mishnah, or talmudic passage shows its connections to other texts throughout the corpus. Sefaria is the indispensable digital tool for anyone learning Jewish texts in the 21st century.",
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        "sefaria",
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        "open source"
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        "body": "Summary. Sefaria (sefaria.org) is a free, open-source library of Jewish texts in Hebrew and English. It contains the full [Tanakh](/glossary.json#letter-T), [Mishnah](/glossary.json#letter-M), [Talmud Bavli](/glossary.json#letter-T) and [Yerushalmi](/glossary.json#letter-T), [Midrashic literature](/glossary.json#letter-M), the major medieval commentaries ([Rashi](/glossary.json#letter-R), [Rambam](/glossary.json#letter-R), [Ramban](/glossary.json#letter-R), Ibn Ezra, Sforno, and many more), the [Shulchan Aruch](/glossary.json#letter-S), [Mishnah Berurah](/glossary.json#letter-M), the [Zohar](/glossary.json#letter-Z), and much else. Texts are richly cross-linked: any verse, mishnah, or talmudic passage shows its connections to other texts throughout the corpus. Sefaria is the indispensable digital tool for anyone learning Jewish texts in the 21st century.",
        "text": "Summary. Sefaria (sefaria.org) is a free, open-source library of Jewish texts in Hebrew and English. It contains the full Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, Midrashic literature, the major medieval commentaries (Rashi, Rambam, Ramban, Ibn Ezra, Sforno, and many more), the Shulchan Aruch, Mishnah Berurah, the Zohar, and much else. Texts are richly cross-linked: any verse, mishnah, or talmudic passage shows its connections to other texts throughout the corpus. Sefaria is the indispensable digital tool for anyone learning Jewish texts in the 21st century."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "What's On It",
        "text": "What's On It"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Tanakh — full text in Hebrew with multiple English translations (Koren, JPS 1917, JPS 1985, and others).",
        "text": "Tanakh — full text in Hebrew with multiple English translations (Koren, JPS 1917, JPS 1985, and others)."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Mishnah — full text, with [Bartenura](/glossary.json#letter-T), Rambam's commentary, and others.",
        "text": "Mishnah — full text, with Bartenura, Rambam's commentary, and others."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "[Talmud](/glossary.json#letter-T) Bavli — full text in Hebrew/Aramaic, with the William Davidson Translation (English, by [Adin Steinsaltz](/glossary.json#letter-A)'s team).",
        "text": "Talmud Bavli — full text in Hebrew/Aramaic, with the William Davidson Translation (English, by Adin Steinsaltz's team)."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Talmud Yerushalmi — full text with selected commentary.",
        "text": "Talmud Yerushalmi — full text with selected commentary."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Midrashic literature — [Bereshit Rabbah](/glossary.json#letter-B), [Vayikra](/glossary.json#letter-V) Rabbah, the entire Tanchuma, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, the Midrash [Tehillim](/glossary.json#letter-T), the [Mekhilta](/glossary.json#letter-M), and more.",
        "text": "Midrashic literature — Bereshit Rabbah, Vayikra Rabbah, the entire Tanchuma, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, the Midrash Tehillim, the Mekhilta, and more."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "[Halacha](/glossary.json#letter-H) — Rambam's [Mishneh Torah](/glossary.json#letter-M), the [Tur](/glossary.json#letter-T), the Shulchan Aruch, the Mishnah Berurah, the [Aruch HaShulchan](/glossary.json#letter-A), and much else.",
        "text": "Halacha — Rambam's Mishneh Torah, the Tur, the Shulchan Aruch, the Mishnah Berurah, the Aruch HaShulchan, and much else."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Liturgy — the [siddur](/glossary.json#letter-S) and [machzor](/glossary.json#letter-M) (multiple [nusachot](/glossary.json#letter-N)), the [Haggadah](/glossary.json#letter-H), the [Selichot](/glossary.json#letter-S).",
        "text": "Liturgy — the siddur and machzor (multiple nusachot), the Haggadah, the Selichot."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Modern works — [Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks](/glossary.json#letter-J)'s Covenant & Conversation; selected works by Steinsaltz, [Hirsch](/glossary.json#letter-S), [the Lubavitcher Rebbe](/glossary.json#letter-M); a growing collection.",
        "text": "Modern works — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks's Covenant & Conversation; selected works by Steinsaltz, Hirsch, the Lubavitcher Rebbe; a growing collection."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Source sheets — user-generated thematic collections, made by rabbis, educators, and learners.",
        "text": "Source sheets — user-generated thematic collections, made by rabbis, educators, and learners."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "How to Use It",
        "text": "How to Use It"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Search by reference (e.g., \"[Berachot 25b](https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.25b)\" or \"[Genesis 1:1](https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.1.1)\") or by keyword. Hover over any verse in the Tanakh to see the commentaries on that verse. Click on a link to see the connected text. Create source sheets to organize material for a class or a study session — Sefaria's source sheet tool is the closest thing in Judaism to a research-paper builder. The mobile app brings the entire library to a phone.",
        "text": "Search by reference (e.g., \"Berachot 25b\" or \"Genesis 1:1\") or by keyword. Hover over any verse in the Tanakh to see the commentaries on that verse. Click on a link to see the connected text. Create source sheets to organize material for a class or a study session — Sefaria's source sheet tool is the closest thing in Judaism to a research-paper builder. The mobile app brings the entire library to a phone."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "What It Costs",
        "text": "What It Costs"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria is entirely free, supported by donations. It is one of the great gifts of contemporary Jewish life. Consider donating once you become a regular user.",
        "text": "Sefaria is entirely free, supported by donations. It is one of the great gifts of contemporary Jewish life. Consider donating once you become a regular user."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "Limitations",
        "text": "Limitations"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria is not a substitute for owning physical [seforim](/glossary.json#letter-S). Reading the Talmud on a phone is not the same experience as opening a [Vilna Shas](/glossary.json#letter-V) in [chevruta](/glossary.json#letter-C). Sefaria's commentaries vary in quality of translation. Some classical works are not yet fully translated. But for cross-reference, search, and accessibility, no other tool comes close.",
        "text": "Sefaria is not a substitute for owning physical seforim. Reading the Talmud on a phone is not the same experience as opening a Vilna Shas in chevruta. Sefaria's commentaries vary in quality of translation. Some classical works are not yet fully translated. But for cross-reference, search, and accessibility, no other tool comes close."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "Where Denominations Diverge",
        "text": "Where Denominations Diverge"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria's editorial team is intentionally pluralistic; the texts and translations are drawn from across the spectrum. Some [Modern Orthodox](/glossary.json#letter-M) educators (notably at YU) have voiced concern about the inclusion of certain [Reform](/glossary.json#letter-R) and [Reconstructionist](/glossary.json#letter-R) sources; others have embraced the platform as the future of Jewish learning. The website is in active development; new texts are added regularly.",
        "text": "Sefaria's editorial team is intentionally pluralistic; the texts and translations are drawn from across the spectrum. Some Modern Orthodox educators (notably at YU) have voiced concern about the inclusion of certain Reform and Reconstructionist sources; others have embraced the platform as the future of Jewish learning. The website is in active development; new texts are added regularly."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "Sources",
        "text": "Sources"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "[The William Davidson Talmud](https://www.sefaria.org/william-davidson-talmud) — Sefaria.",
        "text": "The William Davidson Talmud — Sefaria."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "[Sefaria Mobile Apps](https://www.sefaria.org/mobile) — Sefaria.",
        "text": "Sefaria Mobile Apps — Sefaria."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "[Steinsaltz | About Us](https://steinsaltz-center.org/about) — Steinsaltz Center.",
        "text": "Steinsaltz | About Us — Steinsaltz Center."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "sefaria.org",
        "text": "sefaria.org"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria's About page and editorial standards.",
        "text": "Sefaria's About page and editorial standards."
      },
      {
        "type": "heading",
        "body": "Further Reading",
        "text": "Further Reading"
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria.org/help — the comprehensive user guide.",
        "text": "Sefaria.org/help — the comprehensive user guide."
      },
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "body": "Sefaria's blog — for new texts and features.",
        "text": "Sefaria's blog — for new texts and features."
      }
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        "title": "Chabad.org",
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        "slug": "websites-myjewishlearning",
        "title": "MyJewishLearning",
        "href": "/articles/websites-myjewishlearning.json"
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        "slug": "websites-aleph-beta",
        "title": "Aleph Beta",
        "href": "/articles/websites-aleph-beta.json"
      },
      {
        "slug": "websites-ouorg-orthodox-union",
        "title": "OU.org (Orthodox Union)",
        "href": "/articles/websites-ouorg-orthodox-union.json"
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      {
        "slug": "going-deeper-deeper-reading-a-going-deeper-library",
        "title": "A Going-Deeper Library",
        "level": "deeper",
        "href": "/articles/going-deeper-deeper-reading-a-going-deeper-library.json"
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      {
        "slug": "websites-hadar",
        "title": "Hadar",
        "level": "deeper",
        "href": "/articles/websites-hadar.json"
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      {
        "slug": "websites-pardes",
        "title": "Pardes",
        "level": "deeper",
        "href": "/articles/websites-pardes.json"
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        "term": "Adin Steinsaltz",
        "hebrew": "עדין שטיינזלץ",
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        "definition": "Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020) produced a monumental Hebrew translation and commentary on the entire Babylonian Talmud, later rendered into English, opening the Talmud to a generation of learners without a yeshiva background.",
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      "arukh-hashulchan": {
        "term": "Arukh HaShulchan",
        "hebrew": "ערוך השולחן",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "A comprehensive code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein in the late 19th century, restating the Shulchan Aruch together with its later commentaries and practical rulings.",
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      "bereshit-rabbah": {
        "term": "Bereshit Rabbah",
        "hebrew": "בראשית רבה",
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        "definition": "The great classical Midrash on the book of Bereshit, offering verse-by-verse homiletical and theological readings of the creation and patriarchal narratives; a prime example of Midrash Aggadah.",
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        "term": "Haggadah",
        "hebrew": "הַגָּדָה",
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        "definition": "The book recited at the Pesach seder, telling the story of the Exodus through text, blessing, song, and commentary.",
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      "halacha": {
        "term": "Halacha",
        "hebrew": "הֲלָכָה",
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        "definition": "Jewish law — literally \"the way one walks\" — the legal system that develops from the Torah's mitzvot through the Mishnah, Talmud, and the great codes; the movements differ on how binding it is, not on its centrality to the tradition.",
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      "jonathan-sacks": {
        "term": "Jonathan Sacks",
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        "definition": "Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020) served as Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and became one of the most widely read Jewish thinkers of his generation; his commentary anchors the Koren Shalem Siddur, the Field Guide's recommended first siddur for most New Jews.",
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      "mekhilta": {
        "term": "Mekhilta",
        "hebrew": "מכילתא",
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        "definition": "A Tannaitic Midrash Halacha on the book of Shemot, one of the earliest surviving works of rabbinic legal exegesis.",
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      "menachem-mendel-schneerson": {
        "term": "Menachem Mendel Schneerson",
        "hebrew": "מנחם מנדל שניאורסון",
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        "definition": "The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (1902–1994), who transformed Chabad from a single Hasidic court into a worldwide outreach movement and is revered by Chabad Hasidim as the great teacher of the present generation.",
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        "term": "Midrash",
        "hebrew": "מִדְרָשׁ",
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        "definition": "Literally 'inquiry' — the rabbinic genre of creative biblical interpretation, filling gaps in the text, drawing out moral lessons, and reading Scripture in surprising directions.",
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        "definition": "The first great written compilation of the Oral Torah, organized by Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi around 200 CE into six orders; together with the Gemara it forms the Talmud.",
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        "term": "Mishnah Berurah",
        "hebrew": "מִשְׁנָה בְּרוּרָה",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The authoritative early-20th-century commentary on the daily-life sections of the Shulchan Aruch, written by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim); a standard reference for Ashkenazi practice.",
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        "term": "Mishneh Torah",
        "hebrew": "מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה",
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        "definition": "The Rambam's monumental 12th-century code of Jewish law — the first work to organize the whole of Halacha systematically, from prayer to Temple service.",
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      "modern-orthodox": {
        "term": "Modern Orthodox",
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        "translit": null,
        "definition": "Modern Orthodoxy is the stream of Orthodox Judaism that combines full Halachic observance with active engagement in general society, secular education, and often Zionism — distinct from Haredi communities that maintain greater separation from the surrounding culture.",
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        "term": "Rambam",
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        "definition": "Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204), known by the acronym Rambam and in the Latin West as Maimonides, was the towering rationalist codifier and philosopher of medieval Judaism — author of the legal code Mishneh Torah and the philosophical Guide for the Perplexed. His formulation of God's unity and incorporeality remains foundational to Jewish theology across denominations.",
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      "ramban": {
        "term": "Ramban",
        "hebrew": "רמב״ן",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (1194–1270), also called Nachmanides — a leading halachist and Torah commentator of medieval Spain who was also a trained Kabbalist, and whose guarded mystical readings (marked 'al derekh ha-emet') helped bring Kabbalah from the margins into the rabbinic mainstream.",
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        "term": "Rashi",
        "hebrew": "רש״י",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (1040–1105) of Troyes, France, is the single most influential commentator on the Tanakh and the Talmud; his terse, page-anchoring commentary appears alongside almost every printed edition of both. A New Jew encounters Rashi constantly — in every Chumash, on every page of Talmud.",
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      "reconstructionist-judaism": {
        "term": "Reconstructionist Judaism",
        "hebrew": null,
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        "definition": "Founded by Mordecai Kaplan, Reconstructionist Judaism understands Judaism as an evolving religious civilization rather than a fixed set of supernatural commandments, and was an early adopter of patrilineal descent and full gender egalitarianism.",
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        "term": "Reform Judaism",
        "hebrew": null,
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        "definition": "Reform Judaism treats Halacha as a source of values and meaning rather than binding law, emphasizing individual autonomy, ethical monotheism, and tikkun olam; it was the first movement to fully recognize patrilineal descent and ordain women as rabbis.",
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        "term": "Samson Raphael Hirsch",
        "hebrew": "שמשון רפאל הירש",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "A 19th-century German rabbi (1808-1888) and founder of the 'Torah im Derech Eretz' philosophy underlying German neo-Orthodoxy, which held that full engagement with secular culture and rigorous Torah observance could be combined.",
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        "term": "Selichot",
        "hebrew": "סְלִיחוֹת",
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        "definition": "Penitential prayers asking forgiveness, recited in the lead-up to and during the High Holidays and on fast days.",
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        "term": "Shulchan Aruch",
        "hebrew": "שולחן ערוך",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "Literally 'the set table' — the authoritative 16th-century code of Jewish law by Rabbi Yosef Karo, printed with the Ashkenazi glosses of Rabbi Moshe Isserles. It remains the baseline reference for halachic practice.",
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        "term": "Talmud",
        "hebrew": "תלמוד",
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        "definition": "The vast rabbinic work — the Mishnah together with the Gemara's discussion of it — that develops the Oral Torah into Jewish law and thought. It is the central text of Jewish study after the Bible itself.",
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        "term": "Talmud Bavli",
        "hebrew": "תלמוד בבלי",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Babylonian Talmud, completed around 500 CE in the academies of Babylonia — the more extensive of the two Talmuds and the authoritative one for Jewish law.",
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      "talmud-yerushalmi": {
        "term": "Talmud Yerushalmi",
        "hebrew": "תלמוד ירושלמי",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Jerusalem Talmud, compiled in the Land of Israel around 400 CE — shorter and terser than the Babylonian Talmud, and studied as its important counterpart.",
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      "tanakh": {
        "term": "Tanakh",
        "hebrew": "תנ״ך",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Hebrew Bible, named for the initials of its three sections: Torah (the Five Books), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) — twenty-four books in the traditional count.",
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      "tehillim": {
        "term": "Tehillim",
        "hebrew": "תהילים",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Book of Psalms — the Tanakh's 150 poems of praise, lament, and trust, recited constantly in Jewish liturgy and personal devotion.",
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      },
      "bartenura": {
        "term": "The Bartenura",
        "hebrew": "עובדיה מברטנורא",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura (c. 1445-c. 1515), the Italian rabbi whose accessible commentary on the Mishnah has been printed alongside nearly every edition since the 16th century; he later revived the Jewish community of Jerusalem.",
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      "tur": {
        "term": "Tur",
        "hebrew": "טור",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Arba'ah Turim ('Four Rows'), Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher's 14th-century code of Jewish law, whose four-part structure the Shulchan Aruch adopted.",
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      },
      "vayikra": {
        "term": "Vayikra",
        "hebrew": "ויקרא",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Book of Leviticus, third of the Five Books of the Torah, named for its opening word, 'And He called'; its concerns are the sanctuary, the offerings, and holiness.",
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      },
      "vilna-shas": {
        "term": "Vilna Shas",
        "hebrew": "ש״ס וילנא",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The famed edition of the Talmud printed by the Romm press in Vilna in the 1880s, whose page layout — text ringed by Rashi and Tosafot — became the standard image of a Talmud page.",
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      "zohar": {
        "term": "Zohar",
        "hebrew": "זוהר",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The central work of Kabbalah — a mystical commentary on the Torah that emerged in 13th-century Spain and is traditionally attributed to the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.",
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        "term": "chevruta",
        "hebrew": "חַבְרוּתָא",
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        "definition": "A study partner, and the paired, out-loud style of learning that is the basic unit of Talmud study — from the Aramaic for 'friendship.' Two learners argue a text into clarity.",
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        "term": "machzor",
        "hebrew": "מַחְזוֹר",
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        "definition": "The holiday prayer book — a siddur arranged for a particular festival, most commonly the High Holiday machzorim for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.",
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        "term": "nusach",
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        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The version or rite of the liturgy a community follows — such as Nusach Ashkenaz or Nusach Sepharad — and, in music, its traditional prayer melodies. The plural is nusachot.",
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        "term": "sefer",
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        "translit": null,
        "definition": "A book — in Jewish usage especially a sacred text, from a printed volume of Talmud to the handwritten sefer Torah. The plural is seforim.",
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        "term": "siddur",
        "hebrew": "סידור",
        "translit": null,
        "definition": "The Jewish prayer book (plural siddurim), from a root meaning 'order' — it arranges the daily, Shabbat, and festival prayers in their fixed sequence.",
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