Bar Ilan Responsa Project

The database consists of one of the world's largest electronic collections of Jewish texts in Hebrew.{{cite web|url=http://responsa.biu.ac.il/about.htm |title=About the CD |publisher=Judaic Responsa |accessdate=2009-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815103642/http://responsa.biu.ac.il/about.htm |archivedate=2009-08-15 }}

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It includes numerous works from the Responsa Literature (rabbinic case-law rulings).

The database also includes the Bible and the Talmud (with commentaries); articles about Jewish law and customs; Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch with main commentaries; Zohar, Midrashim, and the Talmudic Encyclopedia.

Today the Responsa Project flash drive contains more than 100,000 Responsa and more than 420,000 hypertext links between the databases totalling 200 million words. There is also an online version available by subscription.https://www.responsa.co.il/home.en-US.aspx

The project was founded by Aviezri Fraenkel who served as its initial director (1963–1974), and subsequent director Yaacov Choueka (1975–1986), as cited by the Israel Prize committee. Currently the project is headed by Shmaryahu Hoz.

The Features of Bar Ilan Responsa (Version 32 plus) include:

Search for a word phrase or expression in relevant texts, search for a wide collection of variant forms specify combined search components etc.

Using the hypertext links to locate and display related sources spanning thousands of years.

Save search results and other texts in order to view them or print them later with a word processor or use them in other searches.

Display biographies of hundreds of responsa authors and other Talmudic and post-Talmudic scholars from medieval times to the present.

Calculate the numerical value (gematria) of any expression and find biblical verses or expressions with any specified gematria.

Compare parallel Talmudic and other texts.

Look up abbreviations in an online dictionary.

Display Torah texts that are mentioned by other Talmudic texts with the click of a mouse (hypertext).

Search for vocalized text (Nikud) in Tanach.

Personal notes and links on the text.

Display texts by manually typing in the reference of the desired text.

Display text of the Torah and commentaries according to the weekly Torah portion.

Display interface in the following languages: in Hebrew (where Windows has Hebrew support), English and French. All texts are in Hebrew.

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• In 2007, the project was awarded the Israel Prize for Rabbinical literature.{{cite web|url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsaz/HashutProject/nmk.htm |title=Israel Prize judges' rationale for the award of the prize to the Project (in Hebrew) |publisher=Israel Prize Official Site |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021012106/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsaz/HashutProject/nmk.htm |archivedate=21 October 2010 |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Torah database#The Bar-Ilan Responsa Project}}

• 1992 Version 1 released.{{cite web|url=http://www.judaismshop.com/Bar-Ilan-Responsa/?sp=history-en|title=BRIEF HISTORY|date=April 2008|publisher=Judaism Shop|accessdate=2009-08-17}}
• 1995 Version 4 released.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/62552703.html?dids=62552703:62552703&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+31%2C+1996&author=JUDY+SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Out+of+CD-ROM+comes+forth+Torah%2C+commentary&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004353/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/62552703.html?dids=62552703:62552703&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+31,+1996&author=JUDY+SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Out+of+CD-ROM+comes+forth+Torah,+commentary&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2012|title=Out of CD-ROM comes forth Torah, commentary|last=Siegel-Itzkovich|first=Judy|date=31 March 1996|publisher=The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel|accessdate=2009-08-17}}
• 1998 Version 6 released.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/31/technology/library-judaica-for-the-oldest-of-lessons-the-newest-of-tools.html|title=LIBRARY/JUDAICA; For the Oldest of Lessons, the Newest of Tools|last=Kalish|first=Jon|date=31 December 1998|publisher=The New York Times, New York, USA|accessdate=2009-08-17}}
• 2003 Version 10 released.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/279782601.html?dids=279782601:279782601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+17%2C+2003&author=Judy+Siegel-Itzkovich&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Disk-Covery&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004405/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/279782601.html?dids=279782601:279782601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+17,+2003&author=Judy+Siegel-Itzkovich&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Disk-Covery&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2012|title=Disk-Covery|last=Siegel-Itzkovich|first=Judy|date=17 January 2003|publisher=The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel|accessdate=2009-08-17}}
• 2004 Version 12 released.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Bar_Ilan_Responsa_14_Plus_Encyc_Talm_867.asp |title=Bar Ilan Responsa 12 (Review reprint) |last=Siegel-Itzkovich |first=Judy |publisher=Jewish Software |date=1 May 2004 |accessdate=2009-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629100445/http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Bar_Ilan_Responsa_14_Plus_Encyc_Talm_867.asp |archivedate=2009-06-29 }}
• 2007 Version 14 released.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-135983956.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026104552/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-135983956.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2012|title=Out of Zion comes forth the Torah|last=Siegel-Itzkovich|first=Judy|date=2 March 2007|publisher=The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel (subscription required)|accessdate=2009-08-17}}
• 2008 Version 16 released.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Bar_Ilan_Responsa_16_1236.asp |title=Bar Ilan Reponsa 16 (Review reprint) |last=Siegel-Itzkovich |first=Judy |publisher=Jewish Software |date=1 May 2008 |accessdate=2009-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818205303/http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Bar_Ilan_Responsa_16_1236.asp |archivedate=2009-08-18 }}
• 2009 Version 17 released.
• 2024 Version 32 released[https://www.bi.responsa.org.il/ Bar Ilan responsa]

• List of Israel Prize recipients

• {{official website|http://www.responsa.co.il/home.he.aspx}} {{in lang|he}} | {{official website|http://www.responsa.co.il/home.en-US.aspx}} (Responsa Project)
• {{official website|http://www.judaismshop.com}} {{in lang|he}} | {{official website|http://www.judaismshop.com/Bar-Ilan-Responsa/}} (Judaism Shop)
• {{cite web|url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsaz/HashutProject/cv.htm |title=Israel Prize Official Site - C.V. of Project (in Hebrew) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521192412/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsaz/HashutProject/cv.htm |archivedate=21 May 2010 |url-status=live }}

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