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into the Talmud.
Search passages, explore ideas, and learn through clear explanations, visual Color Tiles, and interactive tools designed for beginners.
For Jewish day schools, Hebrew schools, families & adult beginners.
KANDLES Color Grid
Every word encoded by its first consonant sound
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Search the Talmud
Find passages by keyword, topic, or person across all tractates with full-text search.
→Color Tiles Learning
Explore the Talmud visually through interactive color grids that represent every word on every amud.
→KANDLES Tools
Encode any text into KANDLES color grids using our patented phonetic-to-color mapping system.
→What is KANDLES?
KANDLES (US Patent 2024/0248922 A1, invented by Mike Merkur) is a phonetic-to-color encoding system that maps the first consonant sound of every word to one of 7 unique colors. This creates beautiful, information-dense color grids that represent text in a visual format — making Talmud study intuitive, memorable, and accessible.
What is Sugya Map?
A sugya (סוגיא) is a self-contained unit of Talmudic argument. Sugya Map colors each English sentence by its logical role — revealing the hidden structure of every discussion at a glance.
Mishna
The law or teaching being examined
Question
A difficulty or challenge raised
Challenge
A counter-argument from another source
Answer
A resolution or clarification
Proof
A supporting citation or ruling
Narrative
A story or contextual aside
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Talmudy is built for Jewish day schools, Hebrew schools, synagogues, and community programs. Educator dashboards and classroom integration tools are in development.
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