Mercava

Mercava is the most advanced Jewish educational platform in the world, available on PC, Mac, Tablets and mobile phones. Free to use, Interactive Books, Activities, Videos, Images, 3D Models, Maps, and Notes engage learners and make the traditional texts come alive. Mercava is geared towards making Jewish education attractive, enjoyable and masterable to all students, worldwide.

You have access to thousands of Torah Books in traditional or modern layout with a control center to customize your learning experience.

Whether you are learning Daf Yomi, Teaching in a Classroom or studying for a test, there is no better way to learn Torah than Mercava.

Mercava was built in collaboration with a Global Network of highly talented Teachers, Engineers, Artists, and Students - especially students.

Mercava empowers users to be creators, to add and share content as well as making your learning experience social.

Mercava is a non-Profit organization aimed at making learning torah exciting and engaging - for everyone.

FEATURES

* Thousands of Books including, Talmud Bavli, Yerushalmi, Tanach, Mishna, Shulchan Aruch, Rambam, Mishna Brurah, Rishonim, Achronim, Midrash, Tosefta, Prayers, Machshava, Chasidut, Mussar, Responsa and Commentaries
* Traditional layouts for Talmud and Chumash “Mikrot Gedolot”.
* Double tap to zoom into columns or pinch to zoom
* Phrase by Phrase and Word navigation of texts
* 3 level English translations
* Vowels for The entire Talmud including Rashi and Tosafot
* Toggle Rashi font
* Fully responsive on different devices including Mac and PC
* Beautiful Book Navigation
* Secure User Networks
* Network Media Canvas for uploaded Media files - Video, Audio, Images, 3D models, PDF’s, Interactive Maps
* Media Collections
* Share text selections App content and media
* See your recent pages on your personal Dashboard

BUILT IN EDUCATIONAL APPS

CHAVRUTA - With our integrated chat application you will never have to learn alone. Have an online chavruta with friends in a group with organized threaded conversations on selected text with our new smart text tagging system called “startag”.

LIVE - At the tap of an icon you can turn your group into a live session and control the screen of your group members as well as see who is present.

ALEFBOT - Meet our inline learning assistant. Alefbot will convert Talmud measurements, do Date Conversions and calculate Gematria.

WRITER - Write your own Notes, Articles or Sources Sheets and link them to the text using our smart “startags”.

PUNCTUATE - Create layers of punctuation for texts that can be shared.

MARKUP - Preset and custom color palettes provide a visual language for understanding the structure of Torah. Now you can understand the shakla vetarya.

MEDIA LAYERS - Add Videos, Images, 3D models, Interactive Maps, Street Views and PDF’s to text selections and share them with friends.

FLOWCHARTS - View the flow of the Talmud and create your own.

SYNC - Synchronize Audio and Video with Text. Play back and watch the text animate to the audio. You can now visually navigate audio and video Shiurim.

TOUCHQUIZ - Teachers can create quizzes and share them with groups. Select text to answer questions.

COLLECTIONS - Organize your Notes, Media, Syncs, Quizzes into organized topic folders. You can even add collections to collections and share them.

CANVAS - View all your media and media shared with you in one place. Search for items and see them connected to their sources.

...and wait until you see what's coming next! We are adding new books, translations, features and Apps all the time.

Note: Some of the apps are currently view only for the app and require desktop access to add content. Media Layers are currently only available on desktop.