Sefaria For Educators: February 2026 Newsletter
A monthly newsletter for educators who use Sefaria.
We hope you're enjoying Sefaria's new structure! Last month, we unveiled the new three-part Sefaria website, which includes a dedicated space just for content-creation: Voices on Sefaria. If you're creating Sheets with the Sefaria Sheet Editor, you can access them by logging into Voices with your existing Sefaria account and tapping the Profile icon in the top-right corner. In this space, you can continue using our Sheet Editor to create new Sheets for teaching or personal use — and use our updated features for browsing and searching other people's content. Read more about the change below, try it out, and let us know what you think!

Did You Know?

An Update to the Sefaria Platform
The Sefaria platform is now made up of three distinct (but linked) spaces, each designed to support a specific way of engaging with Torah:
For text study: The Sefaria Libraryis the home of our digital collection of Jewish texts. Search results in the Library now only return books from the digital stacks, without any user-created content.
For content creation: Voices on Sefariais the new home of the Sefaria Sheet Editor. Use this space to create your own source sheets, lessons plans, or other digitally shareable content — and search content from other Sefaria users.
For building Torah tech: Developers on Sefaria is the place to access Sefaria's open-source data and API when building apps and services.
The product switcher button in the top-right corner of all three Sefaria spaces enables seamless navigation between the Library, Voices, and Developers.
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Teaching Tanakh

Commentary to Explore: Tze'enah Ure'enah
The weekly Torah and haftarah readings are so foundational in Jewish practice and education that it's always exciting to have more historical perspectives on the texts. Tze'enah Ure'enah, a 17th-century commentary by Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi, follows the structure of the weekly reading cycle, mixing biblical texts with teachings from rabbinic literature and medieval Torah commentators. Originally in Yiddish, the work has been published in 250+ editions, and the Sefaria Library includes the first scholarly English translation of the work.

On the Jewish Calendar

Preparing for Purim
Purim is coming up in a couple weeks, and Sefaria has tons of resources for you!
  • Explore the scroll of Esther with numerous translations in English and other languages.
  • Get into the joyful, silly holiday spirit with Sefaria's Emoji Megillah.
  • Dig further into the text with Esther Rabbah in Hebrew or English, or take a deep dive into the characters of Purim with this Sheet collection.
  • Make sure to have the Sefaria Library App downloaded on your phone to follow along during Megillah readings — and use our built-in grogger to make some noise!

Sefaria Tools to Know

Sefaria for Google Docs
Seamlessly add and format any source from the library to a Google doc with a single click. Now including verse numbers!
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Source Sheet Editor
Mix and match sources from Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, and add your comments, images, and videos.

Useful Links

>>> Looking for more information? You can always reach out at [email protected]. We're here for your questions.