# The Kuzari: kuzari.cohenapps.com

> Sefer haKuzari, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi's classic dialogue on faith between the
> King of the Khazars and the Sage of Israel, in original vocalized Hebrew and
> English translation, section by section, across five essays (maamarim).

The app provides all 5 essays of the Kuzari in Hebrew and English, aligned
section-for-section for parallel reading and read-along. URLs follow
`https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/{lang}/texts/{essay}`, e.g.
`https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.1`. Supported languages: `en`, `he`
(original, vocalized/nikud).

## About

- [About](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/about): mission, translation sources, attribution
- [Home](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/home)
- [Essay navigation](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/navigation): all 5 essays

## What's unique to this app

- **Dialogue-aware reading**: the King of the Khazars and the Sage of Israel, section by section.
- **Canonical citation**: every section keeps its traditional reference (e.g. Kuzari 1:47).
- **Vocalized Hebrew (nikud)**: Sefer haKuzari, Project Ben-Yehuda edition (CC BY-SA), trans. R. Yehuda ibn Tibbon.
- **Audio**: Hebrew vocalized narration; English text-to-speech.
- **AI Rabbi chat**: ask questions about the text via [Rabbi AI](https://rabbiai.app).

## Essays (maamarim)

- [First Essay](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.1): the King's dream and the Sage's opening defense of the faith of Israel.
- [Second Essay](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.2): the King converts; the Land of Israel and prophecy.
- [Third Essay](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.3): the pious individual (chasid) and the commandments.
- [Fourth Essay](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.4): the names of God and the philosophers.
- [Fifth Essay](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/texts/The Kuzari.5): philosophy, the soul, and closing arguments.

## Translation & sources

- Hebrew: Sefer haKuzari, trans. R. Yehuda ibn Tibbon, Project Ben-Yehuda, CC BY-SA. Credit required by license; shown in the app.
- English: Kitab al Khazari, trans. Hartwig Hirschfeld, 1905, Public Domain.

## Study Plans

- [All plans](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/plans)

## Ecosystem: companion apps

- [Rabbi AI](https://rabbiai.app): flagship AI rabbi chat.
- [Tanakh](https://hebrewbible.app): the Hebrew Bible foundation.
- [Mishnah](https://mishnah.app): the Oral Torah.
- [Talmud Bavli](https://talmudbavli.app): Babylonian Talmud.
- [Talmud Yerushalmi](https://talmudjerusalem.app): Jerusalem Talmud.
- [Mesilat Yesharim](https://yesharim.app): daily mussar study.

## Mobile apps

- iOS App Store: TODO (not yet submitted)
- Google Play: TODO (not yet submitted)

## Sitemaps (per language)

- [English](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/sitemaps/en.xml)
- [Hebrew](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/sitemaps/he.xml)
- [Spanish](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/sitemaps/es.xml)
- [German](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/sitemaps/de.xml)
- [Master sitemap](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/sitemap.xml)

## Optional

- [AI Study Chat](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/chat): embedded Rabbi AI chat
- [Premium features](https://kuzari.cohenapps.com/en/premium)