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Orthodox Jewish Library
Read Torah with Rashi, the complete Tanakh, Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, works of the Ramchal, the Chafetz Chaim, Midrash, and mussar online in Hebrew and English.
This week’s parasha
Saturday, October 17נֹחַ
Parashat Noach
Torah reading
Genesis 6:9-11:32
Five Books of Moses
Torah
187 chapters · Hebrew · English · Rashi
Genesis
Creation, the beginning of mankind, and stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs.
50 chaptersExodus
The Israelites’ enslavement in Egypt, miraculous redemption, the giving of the Torah, and building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle).
40 chaptersLeviticus
Laws of sacrificial worship in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), ritual purity, and other topics like agriculture, ethics, and holidays.
27 chaptersNumbers
Wanderings of the Israelites in the desert, census, rebellion, spies and war, interspersed with laws.
36 chaptersDeuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, recalling events of the desert, reviewing old laws, introducing new ones, and calling for faithfulness to G-d.
34 chaptersTorah law
Halacha
Mishneh Torah and the Torah’s laws of lashon hara and rechilut as organized by the Chafetz Chaim, prepared for direct study.
משנה תורה
Complete code of halacha
Mishneh Torah
All fourteen books and 1,006 chapters in continuous-scroll readers, available directly in Hebrew and English.
Halacha and Mussar
Chafetz Chaim
The foundational work organizing the laws of lashon hara, harmful speech, and rechilut, gossip, for practical study.
216 sections · Hebrew + EnglishTorah foundations
Foundations of Emunah
Core Torah foundations: the Thirteen Principles of Emunah, the signs of Mashiach, and the Seven Noahide Laws.
Foundations of Faith
שלושה עשר עיקרי האמונה
The Thirteen Principles of Emunah
The thirteen binding foundations of Jewish faith, rooted in the Torah and authoritatively articulated by Rambam in his Commentary on Mishnah Sanhedrin.
Read all 13 principlesMashiach
ששת סימני המשיח
The Six Conditions of Mashiach
The Torah's identifying conditions for the presumed and definite Mashiach, authoritatively codified by Rambam in Hilchot Melachim.
Read all 6 conditionsUniversal Laws
שבע מצוות בני נח
The Seven Noahide Laws
The seven universal commandments given by G-d to Noach and his descendants, authoritatively codified by Rambam in Hilchot Melachim.
Read all 7 lawsEthics, mussar, and midrash
Classical Works
Ethical Letter
Iggeret HaRamban
Ramban's letter to his son, a concise guide to humility, reverence, thoughtful speech, and steady spiritual growth.
14 sections · Hebrew + EnglishEthical Letter
Iggeret HaGra
The Vilna Gaon's letter to his family on guarding speech, cultivating humility, prayer, Torah study, and the disciplined inner life.
16 sections · Hebrew + EnglishMussar
Shemirat HaLashon
The Chafetz Chaim's companion mussar work on the spiritual weight of speech, the rewards of restraint, and the inner work of guarding one's tongue.
86 sections · Hebrew + EnglishMidrash
Midrash Tehillim
Classical rabbinic teachings arranged around the 150 psalms, illuminating their verses through interpretation, story, and tradition.
143 sections · Hebrew + EnglishMishnah · Ethics
Pirkei Avot
The ethical teachings of the Mishnah, beginning with the chain of Torah transmission from Moshe at Sinai and continuing through the generations of the sages.
6 sections · Hebrew + EnglishEmunah · Mussar
Emunah U’Bitachon
The Chazon Ish’s foundational work on faith, trust in Hashem, halacha, character, and the inner life of a Torah Jew.
6 sections · Hebrew + EnglishFoundational works
The Ramchal
Nine works by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto on character, Jewish thought, and the inner structure of creation.
All 929 chapters
Complete Tanakh
Torah above, followed by Nevi’im and Ketuvim below.