Even if you have no previous computer experience you will find it easy to master the Bar Ilan Responsa database. The release of version 18+ of the Bar Ilan Responsa project comes with a
long list of newly entered Torah literature and software enhancements. A complete list of all literature include in the database can be found
here. The software has a full English interface and has a very responsive technical support team. Personal instruction on how to use the software is available upon request. The latest software includes the following features:
- The ability to copy and save all texts in the database for possible use in a word-processor
- The ability to print all texts in the database
- Fast text retrieval
- The availability of sophisticated search techniques
- Fast texts display with easy browsing capabilities
- Sophisticated linguistic tools on the Hebrew language making text retrieval more efficient
- Saving text or search results to a file and/or printing them in a variety of formats
- Hyperlinks between databases
- Topics index of selected responsa
- Index of all major Torah journals published in the past 30 years
- The ability to add personal notes (annotations) and links to the text
- Built-in tooltip dictionaries (Abbreviations, Hebrew/Aramaic)
- Built-in encyclopedic references – (Talmudic concepts, Biographies of Amoraim and Tannaim, Holiday Customs)
- A biographic reference in Enlglish of most of the authors of the texts included in the Bar Ilan Responsa Project
- A tool that calculates the gematria (numerical value) of any word or phrase of your choice and finds all biblical words, phrases or verses that have the same gematria.
- Perform vocalized text (Nikud) searches in Tanach
- Display texts by entering their references
- A software interface that can switch between English, Hebrew and French
System Requirements:
The following hardware and software are necessary to run the Global Jewish Database:
- PC Pentium IV or higher
- 512 MB RAM or more
- Hard disk with at least 254 Mb free disk space
- DVD-ROM drive or USB port
- Windows XP/Vista/7
