https://talmud.page

A simpler way to read the Talmud.

Features

• Inline commentaries
  • Clear indidcation of what commentaries are available for the particular line that you are reading; no searching in submenus (or sidebars in physical texts) necessary
  • Expand only the commentaries that you are interested in reading
  • For Rashi and Tosafot, see all super-commentaries and quoted verses inline
• Translations
  • English translations are truncated by default so that reading of the source text is not impaired
  • Steinsaltz is a first-class translation and not just a regular commentary. View the Steinsaltz Hebrew translation side by side with the Talmud and/or the Steinsaltz English translation
• Visual spacing for sugyot (as delineated by Steinsaltz)
• Ability to take notes and highlight the text. All personalizations are saved in Google Docs for your flexibility.
• Highlights references to Rashi from other commentaries.
• Strips printers' formatting that is less relevant for digital contexts, like גמ' and מתני'
• Expands common abbreviations in Jastrow

Feedback

Feel free to send commits or open issues for bugs/feature requests.

For suggestions/questions, email feedback@talmud.page.

Development

Dependencies

• Python 3.11
  • To install Python dependencies, run virtualenv venv && chmod +x venv/bin/activate && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
• pre-commit
  • Pre-Commit simplifies configuring Git pre-commit hooks. This is optional but recommended - otherwise you may see errors when trying to push/merge on Github.
  • To install, run pip install -g pre-commit && pre-commit install
• NodeJS v20.8.0 and npm 10.1.0
  • To install JavaScript dependencies, run npm install
• eslint
  • npm install -g eslint

Building

To build a local server, run npm run dev.

To deploy, run npm run deploy. Don't run gcloud app deploy directly, as that does not build the parceljs compiled files.