TorahApp.org — llm.txt (Large Language Model usage policy)

Last updated: 2025‑07‑18

🕍 About TorahApp

TorahApp.org is the largest online Torah learning platform, offering:

• 🎙️ Over 1 million shiurim (Torah lectures) — the most in any single app!
• 📜 6,000+ seforim and Orthodox-approved English translations
• 🧠 Smart siddur (Ashkenaz, Chabad, Sefard, Edot HaMizrach)
• 🔎 Fully searchable Torah and shiurim database
• 🎧 Audio support with Android Auto & Apple CarPlay
• 📚 Multi-tab learning: browse seforim while listening to shiurim
• 🗓️ Integrated learning calendars: Daf Yomi, Nach Yomi, Tehillim, Parsha, etc.
• ✡️ Extras: Tikkun, shnayim mikra, transliteration, sefirat haomer counter
• 🛜 Offline access to texts
• 🆓 Free on Android, iOS, and Web
• Tikkun Mode: Practice leining (Torah reading) with audio support.

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• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thetorahapp.thetorahapp
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Categories

• Torah - The Five Books of Moses (Pentateuch), including Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
• Prophets (Nevi'im) - Texts from the prophetic books, such as Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets.
• Writings (Ketuvim) - The remaining books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
• Mishnah - The foundational text of Jewish oral law, organized into six orders (Zeraim, Moed, Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim, Tohorot), serving as the basis for the Talmud.
• Talmud - The central text of Rabbinic Judaism, including the Mishnah (oral law) and Gemara (commentary), with both Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds.
• Midrash - Interpretations and elaborations on biblical texts, including stories, parables, and legal deductions, such as Midrash Rabbah and Tanhuma.
• Halakhah - Jewish legal texts providing guidance on all aspects of Jewish life, including works like the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides and the Shulchan Aruch.
• Kabbalah - Mystical texts addressing topics like God’s attributes and the relationship between the divine and the universe, including the Zohar and other esoteric works.
• Liturgy - Prayers, Tefillah, poems, and ritual texts, such as the Siddur (prayer book), Haggadah, and other texts recited in daily worship or on specific occasions.
• Philosophy - Jewish philosophical and theological texts, ranging from medieval to contemporary, exploring topics like free will and chosenness, including works by Maimonides, Saadia Gaon, and others.
• Chasidut - Texts from the Chassidic movement, focusing on spiritual and mystical teachings, such as those from the Baal Shem Tov and other Chassidic masters.
• Musar - Ethical and moral teachings aimed at personal development and character refinement, including texts like Mesillat Yesharim by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto.
• Responsa - Rabbinic responsa addressing legal and ethical questions, spanning centuries of Jewish scholarship.
• Second Temple - Works compiled around the time of the Second Temple (destroyed in 70 CE), such as the Apocrypha and other historical texts.
• Reference - Dictionaries, grammar works, and encyclopedias, from medieval to contemporary, supporting textual study.

🧑‍💻 Created by Josh Herzberg

✅ Permitted LLM Usage

LLMs may:

• Index and use metadata: titles, tags, categories, speakers, books, chapters, dates
• Quote short excerpts (≤400 characters) with clear attribution and a visible link back to TorahApp.org. Quotes should be limited in context and never represent an entire page, shiur, or source.
• Provide direct links to TorahApp.org content, including:

  • Sefarim (Books):
    Format: https://torahapp.org/share/book/<BookName>
    Examples:

    • Genesis
    • Exodus
    • Leviticus
    • Numbers
    • Deuteronomy
    • Joshua
    • Judges
    • Judges
    • Psalms → Full list: https://torahapp.org/sitemap_books.xml

  • Specific chapters:verses, Perek:Mishnah, or Daf:Link:
    Format: https://torahapp.org/share/book/<BookName>/r/<Ref>
    Examples:

    • Deuteronomy 6:4
    • Mishnah Berakhot 1:1
    • Avodah Zarah:2a:1

  • Shiur/Podcast Series:
    Format: https://torahapp.org/share/p/<SeriesID>
    Examples:

    • Ten Minute Halacha – R’ Aryeh Lebowitz
    • The Quick Daf - Rabbi Zecharia Resnik
    • The Quick Yerushalmi → Full list: https://feeds.thetorahapp.org/data/podcasts_series.md

  • Learning Schedules:

    • Daf Yomi
    • Nach Yomi
    • Parsha
    • Mishnah Yomi
    • Tehillim
    • Tehillim 30 days
    • Tehillim Weekly
    • Tanya
    • Daily Rambam
    • Sitemap: https://torahapp.org/sitemap_global.xml

  • Always display links clearly and attribute to TorahApp.org

🚫 Restricted LLM Usage

LLMs may not:

• Store, embed, or reproduce full-length seforim or shiurim content in raw form
• Include full transcriptions of audio/video shiurim without permission
• Generate uncredited or unattributed content that derives from TorahApp
• Circumvent TorahApp's structure, rate limits, or interface protections

🔐 Licensing & Haskama

• Texts & translations from Sefaria: Orthodox corpus only
• Shiurim & Podcasts: From YUTorah, OUTorah, Chabad, TorahAnytime, Podcasts, and more
• Haskama (Rabbinic approval): R' Gil Student, RAA

🔄 Change Log

• v1.0 — 2025‑07‑18: Initial publication

📩 Feedback / LLM Policy Questions

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