Farshtey: Understand Yiddish
Read a sicha in the original
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: a Reading chapter — learn to read the Yiddish vowel letters, with 171 words from the sicha. And every word card shows niqqud and a literal meaning.
Farshtey ("understand" in Yiddish) teaches you to read a sicha in the original — and understand it.
The sicha is divided into short passages. Each passage has two steps: • Study — read the passage. Tap any word to see what it means right here, with its dictionary form and type (Yiddish, Lashon Hakodesh, phrase). Every sentence also has a translation of the whole sentence. • Play — then a short game makes sure you understood: the same passage, without translations. Choose what each word means, and finish with a comprehension question on the whole passage.
Each passage you pass unlocks the next, along a path of 24 passages to the end of the sicha. The first sicha: Shabbos Parshas Bereishis 5752.
A Reading chapter, for anyone who doesn't yet read Yiddish fluently: • In Yiddish the vowels are letters: אָ, ע, י, וי, יי. The vowel table shows the matching niqqud for each one. • "How is it read?" — choose how a word from the sicha is read. After a mistake you get a hint and another try. • Four stages: single vowels, combinations, long words, and sentences from the sicha with Lashon Hakodesh in Chabad pronunciation.
Stars, points and ranks: • Up to three stars for each passage, by how well you understood it. • +10 points for each correct answer, −2 for a wrong one. Points add up from every game, replays too. • Eight ranks, from Copper through Silver and Gold up to Diamond. • A streak of study days, a daily goal of one passage, and a Hebrew learning calendar of the days you learned. • Sharing: after a passage, send friends an image of your result.
Built for learners: • A daily reminder at the time you choose — can be turned off. • Shabbos and Yom Tov — no notifications or reminders on Shabbos and Yom Tov, based on your city's times. Your streak counts study days and never breaks on Shabbos, Yom Tov, Erev Shabbos or the holidays. • No ads, no sign-up, no data collection. Everything stays on your device. • Hebrew or English interface; the sicha itself is always right-to-left. • Gentle kalimba and wood sounds, and a tune that builds with every correct answer in a row — can be turned off. • Dark mode, and large, comfortable text.
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• New sicha: Shabbos Parshas Vayeira 5751 — 25 passages, every word and sentence translated (draft)
• Each sicha has its own path: choose a sicha from the "Sichos" list, and home opens on the last one you studied
• At the end of each sicha — "You finished the sicha!" and on to the next
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Information
- Seller
- Shmuel Kravetz
- Size
- 28.7 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Shmulik Kravitz