How long does it take you, approximately, to reach the right extension while calling a service center? One minute if you know the “route” by heart, a few very long minutes if you actually need to listen to the never-ending list of possible extensions. An Israeli team had enough of waiting, listening to extension numbers [...]
Chochmah is the most comprehensive Hebrew date scheduler app available for your BlackBerry phone. With Chochmah you can: – Specify your exact location using your GPS, the BlackBerry Location Service, or a built-in table of over 1300 cities around the world. – Select from over 20 prayer time options observed by your community. – Schedule [...]
PowerSefer is a Hebrew e-reader app designed specifically for seforim (traditional Jewish books). PowerSefer offers a large library of classic Jewish books, beautifully reset in crisp, clear modern typefaces, adjustable to any font size. Collection includes rare and out-of-print books, adapted for easy electronic reading and learning. Seforim preserve the feel and format of traditional [...]
A siddur is a Jewish prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. The earliest parts of Jewish prayer book are the Shema Yisrael (“Hear O Israel”) (Deuteronomy 6:4 et seq), and the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), which are in the Torah. A set of eighteen (currently nineteen) blessings called the Shemoneh Esreh or the Amidah (Hebrew, “standing [prayer]“), is traditionally ascribed to [...]
Culturally diverse environments surround us in our day to day activities. Jewish Holidays allows you to easily become aware of important holidays for friends, co-workers and customers. They’ll be excited when you share in their holidays and appreciative when you schedule around them. Save one, several or all holidays to your BlackBerry® Calendar. Set it [...]
The Talmud is the basic compendium of Jewish law and thought. Its tractates mainly comprise the discussions collectively known as the Gemara, which elucidate the germinal statements of law (mishnayot) collectively known as the Mishnah. Talmud Bavli is the edition developed in Babylonia, and edited at the end of the fifth century C.E. The Talmud is [...]
Beacons on the Talmud’s Sea – Analyses of passages from the Talmud and issues in halachah, Adapted from the Works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson by Eliyahu Touger – text of this book is published and copyright © by JewishContent.org In the world at large, the Rebbe is known for his visionary leadership [...]
“Days of Destiny – the Jewish Year under a chassidic microscope” – text of this book is published and copyright © by JewishContent.org “Publisher’s Foreword These days are remembered and kept throughout every generation. (Esther 9:28) By remembering the events of the past we keep them alive every year. Jewish holidays do not just commemorate [...]
Tichnut.de have released a free Hebrew / Jewish Calendar for BlackBerry. This update allows you to use the program on 8800 and 8300 BlackBerry devices. There is no OTA install but you can get the desktop manager install at this link. The calendar program has the following features: Quick-jump function to the current system date, a [...]
