Tefilat Kaparot

In this application you’ll find the Tefila that is being said, with more information and instructions.

As in all the other applications by Yaniv Kalsky in this series (Tanach for all, Tefilat Haderech for all,  iZkor) you will have the following features:

-The text is in Hebrew only
- The interface can be set to Hebrew or English
- Set the font size
- Pinch to zoom
- Set the background
- Both Portrait and Landscape view

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Reference
Released: October 11, 2009
Publisher: Yaniv Kalsky
Price: Free (get app)

.

.

.

Tashlich

Now, with iTashlich, anyone can cast away their sins any time, anywhere.

iTashlich is in English and in Hebrew, depending on your language setting. It explains Tashlich, and contains audio of the main prayer. It also contains the text, in modern Hebrew, of the three main prayers. No more papers blowing in the wind!

But wait, there’s more. iTashlich loosely follows the spirit of Al Cheit, the communal recitation of sins that we say on Yom Kippur. iTashlich offers questions based on “traditional sins”, as well as more modern, “sins-lite”. How will you stack up?

After reviewing the meaning of  Tashlich, hearing the Tashlich prayer, and considering some potentially relevant sins, you will experience a personal iTashlich experience designed just for you.

At long last the question will be answered: what happens to all of those crumbs down there?

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Category: Education, Lifestyle
Released: September 23, 2009
Publisher: iTashlich.com LLC
Price: $0.99 (buy app)

.

.

.

Selichot

In the Sephardic tradition, Selichot begins during the series of Selichot services of the High Holidays on the second day of the month of Elul and recite Selichot throughout the entire Elul. In the Ashkenazic tradition, it begins on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah – this year Selichot (according to Ashkenazi custom) will begin after midnight of Sunday morning, September 5th.

Just on time RustyBrick in partnership with Davka Corp. has released Selichot Nusach Lita (only in Hebrew). The app includes all Selichot from before Rosh Hashanah through Aseret Yamei Teshuva. The app automatically selects the proper Selichot for that day. You can also browse the Selichot for the other days as well.

This simple and easy to use app includes features such as: built in calendar selects correct Selichot for that day, Hatarat Nedarim for Erev Rosh Hashanah, kaparot for Erev Yom Kippur.

סליחות ל iPhone ו iPod Touch – מנהג ליטא

למחזיקי סידור Rustybrick – יכול לרכוש הסליחות בתוך הסידור – רכישה in-app $.99

מאפיינים:
כולל כל הסליחות משבוע לפני ראש השנה עד ערב יום כיפור.
מציג הסליחות הנכון של אותו היום אוטומטי
דפדף בין כל חלקי הסליחות בקלות
כולל התרת נדרים לערב ראש השנה וסדר הכפרות לערב יוה”כ

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Reference
Released: 26 August 2010
Publisher: RustyBrick, Inc. © 2010 RustyBrick, Inc.
Price: $2.99 (buy app)

If you have already RustyBrick’s  Siddur you can download this app as the in-app purchase only for $0.99.

.

.

.

App “Selichot Nusach Sefardi” – read here

… [This book] includes from the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch, those necessary and essential laws for all people in Yisrael in order to know them and are written in a simple language and a correct order. It is a good compilation and effective, B’ezrat Hashem, for businessmen that do not have the time to delve into the Shulchan Aruch and its commentaries. They shall find in [this sefer] that which they require with ease and also [be able to] educate the youth and plant in their hearts the commandments of Hashem in their youth and [so that] also in their later life they will not leave them…

The Kitzur became immensely popular after its publication due to its simplicity, and is still popular within Orthodox Judaism, as a framework for study.

There are few apps for iPhone/iPad in AppStore with the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. You can find there app with just Hebrew text (created by Dovid Zirkind from JewishContent.org; $2.99), Hebrew with English translation (by RustyBrick; $14.99 + $9.99 English Upgrade) and brand new one, Hebrew with Portuguese translation (created by Natan Rolnik). This app is free and was released in memory of  David ben Sofia Z”L, Yoel Chaim ben Yehuda Z”L, and  Guershon ben Akiva Z”L.

The first translation of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch to Portuguese was published in 2008 by Rabbi Yossef Benzecry and Maayanot Publishing House in Brasil.

Developer’s description: O Kitsur Shulchan Aruch, o Código da Lei Judaica Abreviado, foi escrito em 1864 pelo R. Shlomo Gantzfried Z”L e se tornou um dos livros básicos do Judaísmo, presente em todas casas, sinagogas e Batei Midrash. Em 2008, foi publicada a primeira tradução ao português (feita pelo Rabino Yossef Benzecry) pela Editora Maayanot. Agora, sua versão digital chega pela primeira vez grátis ao seu iPhone ou iPod Touch.

Em memória de David ben Sofia Z”L, Yoel Chaim ben Yehuda Z”L e Guershon ben Akiva Z”L.

ספר קיצור שולחן ערוך נכתב על ידי הרב שלמה גנצפריד ז’ל בשנת 1864, ומאז נהפך לאחד מספרי היסוד ביהדות והוא נלמד רבות בבתים, בבתי כנסת ובבתי מדרשיות. בשנת 2008, יצא לאור התרגום הראשון בפורטוגזית, על ידי הרב יוסף בן זקרי והוצאת מעיינות בברזיל. עכשיו, הגרסה הדיגיטלית מגיעה, בפעם הראשונה בחינם לאייפון שלך.

לעילוי נשמת דוד בן סופיה ז’ל, יואל חיים בן יהודה ז’ל, וגרשון בן עקיבא ז’ל.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Category: Books
Released: August 19, 2010
Publisher: Natan Rolnik
Price: Free (get app)

.

.

.

Prayerbook Hebrew Flashcards

Vocabulary is based on frequency of use in the Hebrew Prayerbook The Easy Way.

Understanding Hebrew is the key to experiencing the richness of Jewish prayer. Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way teaches the Hebrew found in all Jewish prayerbooks.

Designed for students who can read Hebrew words but do not know what they mean, this text explains grammar so simply that the non-academic community can easily understand it.

Product features of the Prayerbook Hebrew Flashcards:

• Includes 332 flashcards with pronunciation.
• Flashcards are keyed to chapters in Prayerbook Hebrew The Easy Way.
• User customizable Review Set for difficult words.
• AutoPlay and manual options for flashcard presentation.
• User specified interval to control speed of replay.
• Alphabetic, numeric and shuffle order.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Category: Education
Released: August 09, 2010
Publisher: EKS Publishing
Price: $9.99 (buy app)

Taharas HaMishpacha

This iPhone application will allow you to make this sometimes complex and important part of  marriage, a bit easier for you and your family.

The Mikvah application has several key parts to it that aid you in observing the laws of  Niddah,  Mikvah, Vestos calendar, useful guidelines and more.

Mikvah Includes: Mikva’ot Database, Vestos or  Taharas  HaMishpacha  Schedules,  Mikvah Zmanim,  Family Purity  Guidelines, Mikvah Checklist,  Contacts, Privacy with Password Protection.

Mikva’ot Mikvah מקוה

Locating Mikva’ot (Mikvah מקוה) can be a challenge when traveling or even in your home town. We added a GPS based Mikvah database that will help you find the closest Mikvah to your current location. If you want to find a Mikvah somewhere else, just type in the location and this app will locate Mikvot in that city or town. You can click on the Mikvah to find out more details, such as an address, phone numbers, schedules and more. The address and phone numbers are clickable and work directly in the iPhone or iPod Touch. If a Mikvah is not in our database or we have the wrong data for a Mikvah, you can easily let us know and we will update it.

Vestos or Taharas HaMishpacha Schedule

Keeping track of your pure and unpure days is a complex task. We provide a do-it-yourself Vestos or Taharas HaMishpacha calendar to aid in that process. You can track your period, clean days, days you went to the mikvah, yom hachodesh, yom hafagah, onah beinonis, beddikas, add notes and much more in this calendar. I do warn you, this calendar does not automatically calculate which days you are not pure. We asked several Rabbinical authorities and they all suggested that we do not add this feature in, due to the obligation for women to track this by hand. The schedule we provide is a great visual way of tracking these days and help you figure out your ‘clean’ and ‘unclean’ days.

Mikvah Zmanim

Knowing when you can prepare for the Mikvah and when you can go to the Mikvah are important details. Knowing when you can perform a “Hefseik Tahara” or Bedika are other important factors. Knowing when to immerse in the Mikvah and when Sunset is, all matter. We offer a Zmanim feature to give you the times based on your GPS location or a predefined set of locations, for all these actions. You can check future dates or different locations, just in case you are preparing to travel or preparing for a Yom Tov.

Family Purity Guidelines

Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger has provided his complete Guidelines to Family Purity book, in digital format to be included in this application.  Knowing the Jewish laws and details of Taharas HaMishpacha can be very complex. Having a quick way to look up the laws can be very useful. Rabbi Jaeger’s book can be browsed and searched by keyword. You can quickly look up the laws of family purity with this application. Plus, we give you a quick way to buy the book – which we highly recommend every Jewish home has a copy of, via the application.

Mikvah Checklist

In addition to everything else listed above, we have a Mikvah checklist. This interactive checklist comes with dozens of things to remember to bring to the Mikvah and items you should remember while preparing for the Mikvah. You can add your own, remove others and reorder them, as you like.

Contacts

Having your Rabbi’s phone number, or your local Mikvah ladies information at hand, can be important. This is also built directly into the application.

Privacy

Privacy is one of the laws of  Taharas HaMishpacha and we take this seriously. You can quickly set a password to open the application. This way, if your child gains access to your iPhone or iPod Touch, they won’t be able to see what this application is all about (source: RustyBrick).

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Category: Lifestyle
Released: May 11, 2010
Publisher:  RustyBrick, Inc.
Price: $7.99 (buy app)

Leining Master

Whether you’re an upcoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparing for your big day or an adult intent on learning or enhancing your Torah reading skills, this CD is for you!

Leining Master offers the following features:

- All audio files on one CD – no need for separate CDs for each Parashah,  Haftarah or Megillah
- Chanted with accuracy and attention to the subtleties of Hebrew grammar
- Audio classes on the finer points of Torah reading

Leining Master includes the following readings:

• All weekly Torah readings
• All Haftarah readings
• All special holiday readings
• All Megillah readings

Your choice of Ashkenazic or Sefardic pronunciation.

Click here for a sample track from Leining Master in Ashkenaz pronunciation

Click here for a sample track from Leining Master in Sefard pronunciation

Load it on your MP3 player, MP3 CD player or transfer MP3 files to your iPhone and listen on your way to work, while exercising, or in the car. Plays on any computer, MP3 player, or MP3-supporting CD player.

Leining by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

Available for purchase by download from Davka’s website

Price: $29.95 per mp3 CD

Askenaz – buy now
Sefard – buy now

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

In the Sephardic tradition, Selichot are said beginning with the month of  Elul, through Yom Kippur to help worshipers direct their hearts and minds to the process of teshuvah, repentance.  At the Selichot service, worshipers begin to examine their deeds of the past year,  seeking forgiveness from G-d, and promising to improve their behavior in the New Year.

In the Ashkenazic tradition,  Selichot are begun at a time such that there will be ten daily opportunities for their recitation before and including Yom Kippur. This is based on the custom, once prevalent, that Jews would fast for ten days (eating at night) before and including Yom Kippur.

In general, the proper time to say Selichot are at the end of the night, just before the morning,  since this time is considered,  according to Jewish Mysticism,  a specially favorable time, in terms of the presence and closeness of  G-d. Hence, selichot are typically recited in the early morning, before the daily shacharit service.

* * *

Free iPhone app, all the Selichot prayers (according to the nusach Sephardi), including also Tikun Chatsot, Hatarat Nedarim, and some laws regarding Selichot praying.

בחינם באייפון שלך, כל תפילת סליחות (לפי מנהג הספרדים – עדות המזרח) , כולל גם תיקון חצות, התרת נדרים, וכמה הלכות לגבי אמירת סליחות

In memory of my beloved grandparents
דוד אהרון בן יהושע ז”ל
מלכה בת דב ז”ל
אברהם בן פרידה ז”ל
שמחה בת רוקתה ז”ל

Natan Rolnik

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Books
Released: 04 August 2010
Publisher: Natan L Rolnik
Price: Free (get app)

.

.

.

In particular, Ahser Yatzar, which means “Who formed” refers to the complexity of  the bodily functions.  It is a blessing recited by Jews as part of the morning blessings and every time after using the bathroom.  Don’t wait until you are sick to appreciate and give thanks for your health.

As of now using the iPhone, you can have it handy,  no matter where you are. The small fee should save you countless doctor fees. Includes Hebrew, transliteration, English, Spanish, Italian and French texts.

Please recite the blessing with devotion inmidiately after you have left the bathroom,  it is inappropiate to pray in the bathroom.

Yes, every time after using the bathroom,  we wash our hands,  and thank Hashem for maintaining our health and well being by reciting the bracha – Asher Yatzar.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Reference
Released: July 16, 2010
Publisher: Jaime Gabay © 2010 itefila.com
Price: $0.99 (buy app)

.

.

.

Kaddish

The Kaddish is said from the day of burial, daily for the first eleven months, and on the anniversary of the death.

The recitation of the Kaddish is one of the primary ritual observances of Jewish mourning practice, and is recited by mourners during each of the three daily services in the synagogue.

Davka Corporation just released  iKaddish 1.0 for iPhone.

iKaddish displays the text of the Kaddish in the original Aramaic and English transliteration, and chants the text, highlighting each word as it is pronounced. Users can pause after each screen, tap and listen again, or go forward to the next section.  iKaddish includes the text and audio of the Mourner’s Kaddish, as well as the longer Rabbis’ Kaddish, in both Sephardic and Ashkenazic pronunciations.

iKaddish also contains an explanatory section about the Kaddish that includes the English translation, as well as additional information about its recitation.

(Ill. E.M. Lilien)

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Lifestyle
Released: Jul 30, 2010
Publisher: Davka Corporation
Price: Free (get app)

.

.

.

Perek Shirah is the song that is sung every day by all of  Hashem’s creations in the realms of “domem” (i.e. the still, e.g. a rock), “tzomeyach” (i.e. the botanic, e.g. a flower) and “chai” (i.e. the animal kingdom, e.g. a lion). It is believed to have been authored by none-other than King David himself, who (like the Holy Ba’al Shem Tov) had the power to converse with animals.

Perek Shirah (Hebrew פרק שירה, lit. “Chapter of Song”) is an ancient Jewish text. It contains 84 sections, in each of which elements of creation, beginning with the celestial and ending with dogs, use biblical and rabbinic verses in order to sing G-d’s praises.

Use of  Perek Shirah used to be prevalent in the daily liturgy and medieval philosopher Joseph Albo wrote that whoever recites Perek Shirah is guaranteed a place in the World to Come. Though Perek Shirah means “Chapter of Songs”, the book is actually organized into six chapters. Many of the utilized verses make mention of the speaker. For example, the song begins with the heavens who say, “the heavens speak of the glory of G-d, and of His handiwork the skies tell.” (Psalms 19:2) This, however is not a rule, as the book ends with the dogs who say “come, let us prostrate and bend our knees, and kneel before G-d our maker” (Psalms 95:2). Though this mentions an action that dogs physically perform, it doesn’t specifically mention them by name. It also includes verses based upon actions, such as giving the reaction of a cat before and after it catches a mouse as well as the response of the mouse.

The vast majority of the verses of  Perek Shirah are biblical, and most of these are from the book of  Psalms, but there are also a few verses from the Babylonian Talmud.

Rabbi Chaim ben Attar (1696-1742), aka the “Ohr haChayim” haKadosh, commented (Breishit 3:1) that everything Hashem created has its own system of speech with which to praise Hashem “... and go learn this from Perek Shira“.

Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1810) noted that “…if a man wants one of the nations of the world to change their attitude positively towards Israel (the Jews), then if that man knows the song of the nations’ angel that sings and praises Hashem, then that ministering angel has to love that man who knows his unique song to Hashem, and because he loves that Holy Jew the angel is compelled to do his will… therefore he who recites Perek Shira is great!”

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) says “Know that each shepherd has a special tune according to the grass and according to the location that the shepherd is – because all grasses have a song. This is the concept of  Perek Shira. From the song of the grass a beautiful melody of the shepherd is being made” (sources: perekshira.org, Wikipedia, Illumination by Shemm Ben-Shlomo).

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Reference
Released: July 07, 2009
Publisher: Dovid Zirkind
Price: $0.99 (buy app)

.

.

.

Lectures on Tisha B’Av, Recitation of  Kinot and Aicha by Rabbi Joshua Maroof.

Rabbi Joshua Maroof received his baccalaureate degree with honors from the State University of  New York at  Stony Brook,  and his masters degree in Educational Psychology from the City University of  New York  (CUNY). He received semicha (ordination) from Rabbi Yisrael Chait, Rosh Yeshiva of  Yeshiva B’nai Torah in Far Rockaway,  New York.

Rabbi Maroof  is a creative writer and poet.  He has authored many essays/papers addressing the fundamental issues related to Judaism.

Rabbi Maroof is known as a dynamic public speaker and lecturer. During his tenure in New York, he was widely sought after as a teacher and counselor in Jewish day schools, post-high school yeshivot, and at seminaries.

Prior to his arrival at Magen David  Sephardic Congregation,  Rabbi Maroof  was Rabbi of  Beth Aharon Sephardic Congregation in Riverdale,  New York.  He also served as Rabbinical Director of Ben Porat Yosef,  a Sephardic day school in New Jersey,  and as Director of an advanced Judaic studies program for women.

Subscribe free podcast – iTunes