Jewish Classic Virtual Library Source Texts
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Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah Library Web Page
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Everyone should possess a home copy of the basic Jewish Classics that can be referred to.
Nowadays everyone can have free online access to all the basic primary Jewish Classic sources.
We here provide the links for such an Online Classical Judaic Virtual Library.
Make these links your basic Judaic library of primary sources with English translations.
Siddur Hebrew-English Prayer Book
Tanach (Jewish Bible)
A Hebrew - English Bible According to the Masoretic Text
Sepharia is also a source of Torah and Talmud texts and Commentaries https://www.sefaria.org/texts
Online entire Tanach in Hebrew with English and option to see Rashi's commentary in English
A suggsted modern source is Robert Alter translation and commentary
Hebrew sources
ארון_הספרים_היהודי link https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/קטגוריה:ארון_הספרים_היהודי#
Click on the sentence number for some classical commentaries
texts and classic commentaries
Chanting Learn to Read the Torah
https://www.sharshi.com/tikkunkorim/ with & without nikud just click.
Hebrew and Aramaic Rabbinic Literature studies
Chumash מקראות גדולות, Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, Bavli מסכתות קטנות, Mishneh Torah of RaMBaM (in Hebrew) Great collection. See Content by categories. Some texts incomplete.
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Snunit Use the search box to get multiple references
Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot), English and Hebrew
Soncino English translation of the Talmud
Rambam
Rambam has Transmission of tradition, Positive commandments, Negative Commandments, Mishneh-Torah (English and Hebrew)Pirke Avot, Guide for the Perplexed
Dig Deeper Resources
Complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906), Searchable full text of the first Jewish encyclopedia published in English. Jewish Virtual Library
The Electronic Torah Warehouse is a Warehouse of an enormous number of links. Dated but good.
Further sources and extended references
Targum Onkelos studies
מקרא + תרגום Targum
Hebrew Books.org Source for thousands of public domain Hebrew books. Back to top of page
Advanced Hebrew & Aramaic Sources and extended references
Sepharia is a Source of Torah and Talmud connections and Commentaries
When a section of text in Sepharia is selected and clicked on then a resources window opens on the right. Commentaries may be selected from these resources. On the Talmud this includes Steinsaltz commentary on the text. My sepharia sheets can be reached at Meyer Katzper on Sefaria i.e. https://www.sefaria.org/profile/meyer-katzper1?tab=sheets
Mikraot Gedolot, Daf Yomi, Parashah Topics, Mishneh Torah, Tur – Shulchan Arukh
Use instructions in Hebrew
The approach differs, but can be figured out.
An example
מקראות גדולות בתוך 'על התורה' - חלק א
provides a variety of shiurim,
If you wish to study the Daf Yomi by yourself, at times it may be difficult to follow the talmudic logic. An excellent aid which provides an overview of the logic of the page is
To see an overview about any other page go to
click Daf Yomi and other options on this site
The Chabad דבר-מלכות puts out an enormous weekly (parsha) compendium of sources. The Steinsaltz trsnslation for the daf is included. It is a slow download and the one must use the upper right bookmark to get to the Talmud entry.
or
Zohar
Major non-halachic Jewish thought works and essays about them
Kitab al Khazari (Kuzari) by Judah Halevi
Concordance היכל הקדש - Google Books
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/הספרים_החיצוניים
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-apocrypha-and-pseudepigrapha
Source text page established November, 2012. Latest Revised 1/3/2025
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