Hebrew Jewish Resources for the PC Rabbi

Hebrew & Jewish Resources for the PC Rabbi Moshe Shulman B. Sc. , Computer Software Engineering Jerusalem College of Technology

Hebrew & Jewish Resources l Part I: HEBREW l HEBREW in Windows (2 K/XP) & Office l Turning WORD in VORT l Hebrew Word-Processors l Part II: Programs & Utilities l Useful Computer Utilities l Calendar converters, Zmanim, Vestos, etc. l CD-ROM Databases l The Palm Revolution l Part III: The Internet

Part I: " עברית ב"חלונות" ו"אופיס Hebrew in Windows & Office l . סעיף זה כתוב בעברית מימין לשמאל l This is an English paragraph with עברית inserted. !!! המון פונטים בעברית l. . . מרים, דוד, וילנא, סת"ם, רש"י, ועוד l l אפשר להכניס גם ניקוד l Email, Web-browsing, etc. all in Hebrew Insert right-to-left עברית in ANY Windows application (Outlook, Power. Point, etc. ) Dates in Hebrew or English format with built in Hebrew calendar l 2018 יום שני 91 מרץ

Hebrew in Windows XP To install another language and keyboard layout in Windows XP, follow these steps (From the Windows Help File) l l l Open Windows Control Panel Double-click Regional and Language Options. Click the Languages tab, and then click Details under "Text Services and Input Languages". Click Add under "Installed Services", and then click the language you want to add and the keyboard layout you want to use for that language. To configure the settings for the Language bar, click Language Bar under "Preferences".

Hebrew in Windows XP (cont’d) l Note: If you don’t see Hebrew listed, you may first have to click the checkbox under “Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages”, reboot, and then apply the steps above. l Windows XP DEMONSTRATION

Hebrew in Windows 2000 1. Add additional language: l l l Open Windows Control Panel Double-click Regional Settings. Click the General tab Click to select the check box next to the appropriate language group you wish to install, and then click Apply. The system will either prompt for a Windows 2000 CDROM or access the system files across the network. Once the language is installed, Windows 2000 will prompt you to restart the computer. 2. Enable additional language l Open Windows Control Panel. l Double-click Regional Settings. l Click the Input Locales tab. l Click the appropriate language, and then click Properties. l In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate keyboard layout, click OK, and then click OK. l W 2 K DEMONSTRATION

Turning “Word” into “Vort” l l Hebrew available in all MS programs for Windows 2000 and above. Specific tools embedded into Office for: l l l Office 2000 l l ‘right to left’ formatting and justification keyboard shortcuts for changing fonts / direction. Office Tools – Language Settings – enable Hebrew Office XP, 2003 l AUTOMATIC (with Hebrew enabled in Windows)

Using Hebrew in Windows / Office l Language Bar shows all available languages! Within Windows application l Language Toggle Alt-SHIFT (rt or lft) l l Change Paragraph Direction l l l Insert Hebrew into English paragraphs, or format right -to left documents. Right to Left Ctrl-Right-SHIFT Left to Right Ctrl-Left-SHIFT - ניקוד CAPS_LOCK-SHIFT-Number keys

Understanding “Complex Scripts” l Every font under Windows consists of ‘two’ fonts: 1. 2. l “Latin text font” “Complex Scripts font” You can change the font associated with each! l Experiment with fonts!! וכזה !כזה

Hebrew Keyboards Standard (Israeli) Hebrew keyboard layout! l Microsoft Visual Keyboard l Download free from http: //office. microsoft. com l

Other Hebrew Word-Processors (for all Windows platforms) l Dagesh (2000/Pro) l ‘Buggy’, unstable in Windows XP l Limited file-name size (64 letters including directory pathname) l Davka. Writer (4. 0, 5. 0, 6. 0) l Powerful, but less common l file type incompatible with Word l RTF (Rich Text Format) l available in both for compatibility with WORD.

Transferring Old Files to MS Word l Dagesh Word l Copy & Paste (not consistent) l Save as RTF file (better, but not perfect) l Davka. Writer Word l Copy & Paste l Word. Perfect 5. 1 (DOS) Word - ? ? ? l WP 5. 1 files cannot be opened by Dagesh, but they CAN be opened by Davka. Writer 4. 0+ l All formatting is lost.

Part II: Utilities & Programs Hebrew Calendars Zmanim l www. calendar-maven. com l Halachic Zmanim l l l Location dependent Halachic times by programmable formulas Daf Yomi Yahrtzeit charts Printable calendars with notes (shul bulletins? )

Hebrew Calendar built into OS l Available in all programs which access a system date l English & Hebrew Lunar calendars available l English and Hebrew text for each calendar available. l 2018 יום שני 91 מרץ l DEMONSTRATION

Hebrew Calendar functions in Outlook l Microsoft Outlook – Can incorporate full Hebrew-English Calendar l Month / Week Views l Outlook – full list of Jewish Calendar ‘Events’ l Enters every holiday as ‘untimed event’ l Useful for SHUL BULLETINS!

To Add Hebrew Calendar to Outlook l To add Hebrew Calendar to Month/Week views: l l l Tools -> Options Calendar Options -> Advanced Options -> check “Enable Alternate Calendar” and choose English or Hebrew text format. To add Jewish Holidays as ‘untimed events’ l l Tools -> Options Calendar Options -> Add Holidays -> scroll down to “Jewish Religious Holidays” and check it.

Vestos Personal Calendar for Family Purity l www. torahsoftware. org l Complete calculation of all dates involved (including various halachic opinions). l Very useful for ‘she’elot’

CD-ROM Resources l Bar Ilan Responsa l l l DBS – ( התליטור התורני www. dbsus. com) – v. 11 Soncino Classics l l l l (ver 13, + )אנציקלופדיה תלמודית English translations of: – תנ"ך, ש"ס בבלי, מד"ר, זוהר now with צורת הדף Otzar Haposkim / Torah Bookshelf Techumin Encyclopedia Judaica Tradition/Hadarom (RCA) DVDaf (CD daf), and more… See list from Israel’s Judaica

The Palm Revolution l Hebrew text/font Support l l l Document Reader – e. g. Teal. Doc l l www. penticon. com www. penreader. com - Paragon Software www. Teal. Point. com Calendars l Luach (with Zmanim) (www. penticon. com) l l l Omer (www. penticon. com) Tamar l l Complete integration with Date Book, inserting Hebrew dates, accessing Zmanim, etc. (free, but no integration with Date Book) Integration with Outlook & Outlook’s Hebrew Calendar

Hebrew Doc & Software Resources for the Palm l www. penticon. com/moadon. html פרשת השבוע, קיצור שו"ע, פרקי אבות, ועוד l l www. pilotyid. com l Comprehensive collection of Jewish software for the Palm or WCE l www. jewishcontent. org/palm , תנ"ך מנוקד, משנה תורה להרמב"ם, ש"ס l. . . רמב"ן עה"ת, שו"ע, ספר החינוך, שו"ע

Putting any file on the Palm! l Teal. Doc utility – TDOCMAKER l Take any file – e. g. Bar Ilan teshuva l copy to Word l save as Text file l Transfer using TDOCMAKER!

Web Surfing Utilities for the Palm l Avantgo – download web-sites (free) l www. Torah 2 Go. com – weekly דברי תורה l Jewish Week headlines, and more l Jerusalem Post (Palm. Post) l Roundpoint (paid subscription)

Part III. THE INTERNET “TORAH ON-LINE” General Torah Resources l www. vbm-torah. org l www. shamash. org l www. daat. co. il l www. shiur. net l www. torah. net l www. dafyomi. co. il l www. jlaw. com

INTERNET - TORAH ON-LINE PARSHAT HASHAVUA RESOURCES l http: //www. biu. ac. il/JH/Parasha l http: //www. chiefrabbi. org/thoughts l http: //www. teaneckshuls. org/parsha

INTERNET - TORAH ON-LINE Seforim On-line!! l www. seforimonline. com l http: //www. halachabrura. org/alephlink. htm # מפרשיתלמוד l Complete list of Hebrew books online in full text!

DAF YOMI UTILITIES / RESOURCES l Web-sites / shiurim Daf yomi Advancement Forum l VBM, YU l Dial-A-Daf l l CD-DAF / DVDaf – Real Audio Transfer files from RA to MP 3 – play them on PDA’s with MP 3 capability. l Stream. Box. Ripper l l Comes with DVDaf