The new 'Otzar HaHochma' Site - information for individuals

Otzar HaHochma is proud to announce the launch of the long-awaited Otzar HaHochma Site!
Access the site at: http://www.otzar.org/otzar.asp , or through our site www.otzar.org by clicking “Enter Otzar Online” on the homepage.

• Otzar HaHochma boasts a user-friendly and incredibly fast interface.
• The 'Otzar HaHochma site' enables using Otzar HaHochma without downloading software to your PC.
• Users with Macintosh computers will now be able to access Otzar HaHochma with their browser.
• The 'Otzar HaHochma site' features review, search and print (the current page). Additional features currently available in the Otzar HaHochma software will be added to The 'Otzar HaHochma site' in the near future.
• You can purchase a use-license for a single day (24 hours), or per week/month/year.
• Access to the 'Otzar HaHochma site' is with a username and password.

From Sunday February 7th, כ"ג בשבט, The 'Otzar HaHochma site’ will be open for the public during one week.

Information about the Otzar HaHochma Site

Otzar HaHochma is the world's largest digital library of more than 40,000 Judaic books.

The digital library contains scanned books and manuscripts encompassing all realms of Judaism from ancient times to the modern period.

The books are scanned page after page, in their original format.
Otzar HaHochma's sophisticated search engine based on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) with a very high precision rate is the optimal tool for browsing the library.

The digital library consists of old and rare books, first editions, rare publications, memorial volumes , journals and copyrighted books.

FEATURES

Search: The library is indexed by a wide range of topics and offers the following search options:

• Search by title or author.
• Text search by word, word combinations, etc.
• Advanced search options including full and omitted spelling, word spacing, etc.

Stored Searches:
Always have your search results available!
The results of any search you perform will be available in a convenient tab format for instant reference, whenever you want! Click on a result to browse that source.

Print: Print the current page with the Print feature.

Coming Soon!

These features are currently available in the Otzar HaHochma software and will be added to the 'Otzar HaHochma site' in the near future.

• Hyperlinks: Developed with state-of-the-art technology, Hyperlinks enables researchers to locate sources for quick and accurate cross-referencing. Click on a highlighted book name quoted in the text, and a popup window will appear with the source, already open to the right page!
• Scan-to-text conversion: Converts the scanned page images to text files using OCR technology.
• Effortlessly access commentaries on Shas, Shulchan Aruch, and Torah Portions:
  • Instantly access all Shas commentaries in the Otzar HaHochma library by selecting Tractate, page (daf) and page-side(amud).
  • Access all Shulchan Aruch commentaries in the Otzar HaHochma library by selecting Section and Chapter (siman).
  • Access all Torah commentaries by selecting the name of the Torah portion.
    The commentary will be listed in the search results panel. Simply click on the result listing to open the commentary to the correct page and passage!
• Outlines: Thousands of books in the Otzar HaHochma collection now have an outline pane to conveniently reference sections and subsections. Save time scrolling, just click on the outline entry to open the correct place!

Purchase of a use-license:

After the free one-week trial mentioned above, you can purchase a use-license as follow:

• Purchase a use-license through the site (for credit card users only).
• Contact our office ++972-2-586.60.78 or by email [email protected], Mon-Thur between 9.00-18.00. Customers from locations abroad should email us with their contact information and we will be happy to provide you with assistance.

Current customers:
Access the 'Otzar HaHochma program' and choose a username and password.
This username will give you access to the new 'Otzar HaHochma site'.
There is no additional fee for using the new site.

*The prices are in US$, based on annual fee and include technical support. In case of purchase in Israel, the fee includes taxes (V.A.T).

You can pay by cash, check or credit card (up to 10 payments.)

For order and payment information: