Founding Reader
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- Lifetime access to the whole Ein Yaakov online, including everything added later
- Each new Seder opens to them 30 days before everyone else
- Their name on the founders’ wall
Ein Yaakov, in a reading experience unlike any other.
The web app, a learning experience unlike any other, and the printed seforim, coming out as each part is completed. Berakhot chapter 1 is ready today.
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Patron
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- Everything in Founding Reader
- The printed seforim, shipped as each volume comes out
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The team
The people behind the project
Mendel
Software Developer
Mendel builds the Ohr HaGanuz app with the goal of creating an exceptional online sefer experience. He makes it easy for readers to move between the text, translation and commentaries, wherever they learn.
Gedalia
Scholar in Residence
Gedalia guides the Torah scholarship and edits the translations, preserving the depth and meaning of the original sources. He helps make Ein Yaakov and its commentaries clear and accessible to readers of every background.
Dovi
Brand and Design Expert
Dovi shapes the visual world of Ohr HaGanuz, from its identity and illustrations to the design of the future printed seforim. His work gives the learning a beautiful, welcoming home.
Benji
Project Co-Founder
Benji brings together the people and vision behind Ohr HaGanuz. He’s dedicated to making the wisdom of Ein Yaakov available to everyone through a deeply engaging online experience and beautifully crafted seforim.
The vision
Ein Yaakov has never been brought to a reading experience like this. Our goal is to open its hidden light to every Jew, every day.
Hebrew and English
A new English translation set beside the pointed Hebrew, line by line.
Hundreds of sages and mystics
Every Rishon and Acharon, the Mekubalim, Nigleh, Kabbalah and Chassidut. A curated few show by default on each passage, with the full range beside them.
Every screen
Built for phone, tablet and desktop, with a daily learning cycle planned from June 8, 2027.
עין יעקבThe sefer · “The Well of Yaakov”
The aggadah of the Talmud, gathered in one sefer.
Ein Yaakov collects the stories, teachings and parables of the Talmud, with their commentaries. For five centuries it has been learned by scholars and by working people alike, and some shuls still learn it every day.
A look inside
Pages from the sefer
- The pointed Hebrew with its English, line by line
- A short summary opens every passage
- Text size, Paper or Night, Hebrew, English or both
- Contents by daf, search, bookmarks and “mark as learned”
Where we are
Chapter one is in the works.
- Done
Drafted
All 82 passages of Berakhot chapter one, with translation and commentaries.
- Currently editing
Editing
The translation and commentaries are being edited, passage by passage.
- Next
Early readers
Invited readers learn the first chapter before the reader opens to everyone.
The daily cycle, planned
June 8, 2027
That day Daf Yomi begins its fifteenth cycle, at Berakhot 2a. Ein Yaakov · Ohr HaGanuz plans to open its daily learning cycle alongside it.
Partnership
Three ways to carry the work forward.
The full goal is $55,000. Every partner receives a personal dedication page on the website, seen by everyone who learns, and a lasting zechut in the learning.
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