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The Global Jewish Database (the Responsa Project) contains the world's largest - most portable - electronic collection of Jewish texts ever recorded, which embody thousands of years of Jewish learning.
The database includes numerous works from the Responsa Literature - Rabbinic case-law rulings which represent the historical-sociological milieu of real-life situations.
In addition, the database includes the Bible, the Talmud with Tzuras Hadaf and their principal commentaries;
Works about Jewish law and customs; major codes of Jewish law, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch with its principal commentaries; midrashim, Aggadah and Zohar.
The database also includes a subject index to some of the Responsa and Poskim, and index to journal articles which discuss various aspects of Jewish law.
The Responsa USB features the full texts of the relevant databases, accompanied by sophisticated retrieval tools, including hypertext links, which enable users to search, retrieve and compare texts from different periods, displaying them in different windows on one's computer.
Special attention has been paid to minimize typographical errors, and we encourage our users to notify us about any mistakes they have discovered; such errors are corrected in future releases of the Responsa Project on USB Key.
The Project is one of Bar-Ilan University's most impressive achievements. The Project was initiated when the computer was in its early stages.
Today, after four decades of work invested in the development of algorithms and digitizing and editing texts, the Project has become an invaluable treasure, accessible to all, and useful to beginners and experts alike. The Responsa software uses a sophisticated searching engine which is extremely powerful, yet easy to use. It is thus possible to locate material in more than 100,000 Responsa on every facet of Jewish law, and in more than 182 million words of traditional Jewish teaching.
Features - Bar Ilan Responsa 25 Plus on USB
Daf Yomi Tool Box... Includes our SMART BLATT technology - everything you need to learn and know the Blatt.
Search for a word, phrase, or expression in relevant texts.
You can also search for a wide variety of variant forms, specify combined search components, etc.
Using the hypertext links, you can locate and display related sources spanning thousands of years.
Display on screen hundreds of classic texts.
Print your search results.
Save your search results and other texts, in order to view them or print them later with a word processor or use them in other searches.
Display biographies of hundreds of responsa authors and other Talmudic and post-Talmudic scholars from medieval times to the present.
Calculate the gematria (numerical value) of any expression of your choice, and find biblical verses or expressions with any specified gematria.
Compare parallel Talmudic and other texts.
Display Torah texts which are mentioned by other Talmudic texts with the click of a mouse (hypertext).
Look up abbreviations in an online dictionary.
Search for vocalized text (Nikud) in Tanach.
Compatible for Tablets - Laptops - Desktops.
Display text of the Torah and commentaries according to the weekly Torah portion.
INCLUDES Encyclopedia Talmudit
New Features in Version 25 Plus:
Option to display Preferred Commentaries at the top of the commentaries list
Option to display search results from different databases in separate tabs
New toolbars and toolbar customization options:
You can choose different toolbar sizes (useful for laptops and small screens)
Toolbars grouped by topics (ex. search, text, ..)
Option to use old format as well.
Customize size of tree icons (useful for laptops and small screens) - (Tools > Options > Display)
Option to copy with or without source titles using the Edit menu options
Option to choose default direction for distance between words in Regular Searches
New Hyperlinks between Parshat Ha-Shavua and Sifrei Mitzvot
INCLUDES latest volumes of the Encyclopedia Talmudit
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First let me say this – without qualification. This software is the most advanced software of its kind for working with Hebrew Texts. It is the brainchild of Israel’s finest computer scientists and software developers.
This project started in the early 1960’s at the famed Weitzman Institute in Rechovot Israel and shortly afterwards migrated to Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan Israel.
At the University this program matured into the finest software in the Jewish World. The Database is the largest Judaic Digital Text Database covering over 3,000 years of writings. It contains all the texts in their original form be it Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ladino which makes for the ideal research environment.
To maximize the experience – the software includes videos that help you learn the programs many features. Very smart, very accurate.
After saying all the above, this is not for everyone.
If you are not familiar with Biblical Hebrew then this is not for you. But if you have a basic background in Biblical Hebrew this is without doubt the best investment in a Judaic Digital Library you can make.
By the way… you do not have to worry about the software controls because the program permits you set it to English, Hebrew or French.
Aside from the tens of thousands of books the Library also includes “smart tools” that help in studying and research. It comes with Aramaic Hebrew Dictionaries and Encyclopedias that cover just about any subject under the sun. It also has over half a million hyperlinks to related articles and live footnotes to relevant books. In fact it includes Biographies of the Authors of the many works included and they are written in English.
The Boolean Search is quick and since the texts are live text - not photographs or scans – the accuracy and information retrieved is far more relevant than other database libraries that rely of scans. Not to mention the super convenient, time saving copy paste feature, which saves you all the retyping headaches. The Bar Ilan Judaic Library makes and ideal tool for anyone doing Judaic Research or working on a manuscript.
With technology always improving… it is good to know that the University stays current and Upgrades are available at very reasonable prices.
So if you are considering a Judaic Library – look no further, you found the best. ( I myself have been using Bar Ilan since 1992 ).