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Sefaria Jewish Texts API
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The Sefaria library of Jewish texts as an API. Fetch any passage in both Hebrew and English — the Torah, the Prophets and Writings (Tanakh), the Mishnah, the Talmud, Midrash, Halakhah and centuries of commentary. Resolve a reference or name to its canonical citation, browse the full table of contents, and pull every commentary and connection on a given passage (Rashi, Ramban, Rashbam and more). Get today's daily-learning calendar — the weekly Torah portion (Parashat Hashavua), the Haftarah and the Daf Yomi — and explore the topic graph. Real data, no key needed upstream. Ideal for study apps, Torah readers, Jewish-education tools and research.
api.oanor.com/sefaria-api
API health
healthy- Uptime
- 100.00%
- Server probes · 24h
- Avg latency
- 1362 ms
- Server probes · 24h
- Subscribers
- 4,096
- active
- Total calls
- 133
- last 7 days
Pricing
Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Free
Free
- 12,000 calls / month
- 2 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 12,000 calls/month
- 2 req/sec
- Text + references
- No credit card
Starter
€2.50 /month
- 150,000 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 150k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- Commentaries + calendar
- Email support
Pro
€15.00 /month
- 750,000 calls / month
- 25 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 750k calls/month
- 25 req/sec
- Study / reader apps
- Priority support
Mega
€55.00 /month
- 3,400,000 calls / month
- 50 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 3.4M calls/month
- 50 req/sec
- Education / research platform
- Dedicated SLA
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api.oanor.com/prayer-api
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.
How do I get an API key for Sefaria Jewish Texts API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Sefaria Jewish Texts API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Sefaria Jewish Texts API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Sefaria Jewish Texts API cost?
Sefaria Jewish Texts API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €2.50 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Sefaria Jewish Texts API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Sefaria Jewish Texts API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.
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Code snippets
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curl https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())Ratings
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