For iPhone and iPad

This week's Torah portion, a few minutes a day.

Every week, Jews around the world read the same part of the Torah. Torah: Turn It is an easy way to read along: the story in plain English, a question to talk over with family or friends, one surprise tucked into the Hebrew, and the text itself in seven short readings, one a day.

Maybe you last opened a Torah at your bar or bat mitzvah. Maybe you never have. Either way, you belong here.

See what's inside

Coming to the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

This Week in the app: the portion's story in one line, a question to talk about, and the week's readings

Every portion, three ways in.

Start wherever you like. You don't need years of Hebrew school behind you, and nothing is watered down.

Overview

The week's story in a single line, and the whole story when you want it
A question worth talking about
Think you know it? The version you learned as a kid, against the text
Look closer: one surprise in the Hebrew
What Reform Judaism says, including where it parts ways with the text

Read

Seven short readings, Sunday through Shabbat
A few minutes each
Hebrew and English side by side, with vowels or trope if you like
Highlight a verse that speaks to you, and add a note
Your place is always kept

Study

Questions to work through with a study partner
Who's who this week
Why Jews still do this
The hard parts, faced honestly
Where the rabbis disagree, and why

Look closer: the word toledot, spelled out in full only twice in the whole Bible — Every week, one small surprise in the Hebrew

Sunday's reading of Bereshit, Hebrew and English verse by verse, with one verse highlighted — A few minutes a day, with room for your own highlights

What does Reform Judaism say about science, evolution and faith? — What Reform Judaism says, and why

The Study tab: Study together, Who's who, Why Jews do this, A hard part, The rabbis argue — On your own, or with someone to learn with

Your scroll: the year's portions drawn as columns of a Torah scroll, the ones you've read filled in — Your own scroll fills in as you read through the year

This Week, in the app's dark look — Always opens on this week's portion

This Week on iPad: the story in one line, the tiles, and the week's seven readings laid out as cards

On iPad, the whole week at a glance, with keyboard shortcuts too.

Words explain themselves

Tap any underlined word, like midrash or mishkan, for a short explanation in plain English. No word stands in your way.

Your bar or bat mitzvah portion

Enter a birthday and it finds the portion. A good way back to the one you once chanted, or a head start on your child's.

Going to shul

A gentle guide to what happens when the Torah is read, for first-timers and for anyone who never quite liked to ask.

A widget and a Friday note

This week's portion on your Home Screen and, if you'd like, the week's question waiting for you each Friday.

Israel or the diaspora

Some weeks the two calendars read different portions. Tell it where you live and it keeps pace with your community.

Yours alone

No account, no ads, no tracking. Your highlights, notes and progress move between your devices through your own iCloud, and nobody else sees them.