Sefaria
Ranked 13 of 13 ebook libraries by recommenders
Free library of Jewish texts with translations, commentary and cross-references, praised for making classical sources easy to read and connect.
Free library of Jewish texts with translations, commentary and cross-references, praised for making classical sources easy to read and connect.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reading Hebrew and biblical scripture
“I've always loved the fully-FOSS interface for reading biblical material on Sefaria”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: The King James Bible deserved a better website” “I also use the Sefaria app to read Hebrew scripture”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers” Connects texts with translations and commentary
“it does connect you to a world of translations, commentary, references in other books”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight (2025)” “Jews put a few thousand years of effort into translation and interpretation.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: The King James Bible deserved a better website”
Other ebook libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other ebook libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna's Archive | 134 | 57 | 70% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Project Gutenberg | 76 | 8 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Standard Ebooks | 34 | 8 | 81% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Library Genesis | 15 | 2 | 88% | 7 | — | Approved |
| SefariaThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it does connect you to a world of translations, commentary, references in other books”
“I also use the Sefaria app to read Hebrew scripture”
“I've always loved the fully-FOSS interface for reading biblical material on Sefaria”
“Jews put a few thousand years of effort into translation and interpretation.”
“Sefaria is incredible, it's revolutionized access to classical texts.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.