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# Sefaria |
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_Nonprofit / Open Data / Jewish Educational Technology_ |
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Sefaria is dedicated to building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way. We are creating a free living library of Jewish texts and their interconnections - Bible, Talmud, Midrash, Chasidut, Kabbalah, Liturgy, Responsa... Our goal is to support learners, educators, and developers by providing open access to our digital texts and tools that enable new forms of engagement with this ancient tradition. |
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## Resources Offered |
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### Open Texts |
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Access to thousands of Jewish texts in Hebrew and in translation, which are made available via a Creative Commons license. |
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### API |
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Sefaria offers a powerful API that allows developers to create apps and integrate with the platform to bring Jewish texts to new audiences. |
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### Source Sheets |
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Users can create source sheets using Sefaria’s texts for educational or personal study, fostering community engagement and collaborative learning. |
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### Learning Tools |
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Interactive tools that help individuals and educators explore Jewish texts and their commentaries in depth. |
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### Community Support |
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A platform for users to contribute translations, corrections, and annotations to improve the quality and breadth of available texts. |
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## Data Sets |
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Comprehensive datasets of Jewish texts that can be used in machine learning to analyze linguistic patterns, cultural insights, or historical trends within Jewish literature. |
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## Contributions to the Community |
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- **Educational Outreach:** Providing educators with resources and tools to bring Jewish texts into the classroom in dynamic ways. |
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- **Research Enablement:** Offering datasets and tools that assist scholars in conducting textual analysis, comparative studies, and historical research. |
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- **Cultural Preservation:** Digitizing and preserving Jewish texts, many of which are rare or out of print, ensuring they remain accessible to future generations. |
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## Innovation and Development |
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- **Machine Learning Projects:** Collaborating on projects that use AI to translate, analyze, and categorize Jewish texts. |
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- **Open Source Development:** Encouraging the tech community to contribute to Sefaria’s platform, ensuring that it remains cutting-edge and community-driven. |
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- **Digital Humanities Advancement:** Playing a pioneering role in the integration of traditional texts with modern technology, advancing the field of digital humanities. |
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## How to Get Involved |
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- **Data Utilization:** Encouraging developers and researchers to utilize our datasets for innovative projects. |
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- **Contributions:** Welcoming translations, annotations, and textual corrections from users. |
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- **Development:** Open call for developers to contribute to our codebase, enhancing the Sefaria platform. |
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## Contact Information |
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- **Website:** [Sefaria's Website](https://www.sefaria.org) |
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- **API Docs:** [Project Github Repo](https://github.com/Sefaria/Sefaria-Project) |
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- **Email:** [email protected] for collaborations and support. |
