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Glossary

If a word flashed by in the app and felt unfamiliar, here are short definitions without academic fog.

Telegram Mini App
An app that runs inside Telegram, no App Store install and no separate password.
Learn
The bottom-nav hub for wisdom, quiz, and the weekly portion, all learning in one place.
Rabbi's Wisdom
A short teaching from Jewish tradition with an exact source citation. On the home screen it appears as “Wisdom of the day”.
Quiz
A multiple-choice question with a sourced explanation, not just right/wrong.
Practice
Quiz mode with random questions, not tied to a single topic.
Path
In the quiz, themed tracks (holidays, ethics, halakhah, and more). In the weekly portion, a year map of Shabbat parashot: completed, current, and upcoming weeks.
Weekly portion
The section about this week’s parasha. Three tabs: Days, Reading, and Path.
Параша / Parasha
The weekly Torah portion: the stretch of text communities read this week.
Days
A tab in the weekly portion: 5–7 short steps for the week, one idea, quote, and reflection question per day.
Reading
The tab with a sourced parasha explanation: a one-minute gist, main text, and a reflection question.
Sparks
Progress points for learning and quests. How you earn and spend them.
Streak
How many days in a row you’ve learned. Miss a day, a streak freeze can save it (or Kosher includes freezes).
Quests
Daily mini-goals on the home screen: wisdom, quiz, weekly portion, and more. Completing them earns sparks.
Partner quests
Tasks from channels and Jewish organizations, subscribe, watch, quiz. A separate Quests tab in the nav.
Rankings
Leaderboard: Weekly Sparks (learning and game, resets on Sundays) and Shabbat Runner high scores.
Tanya Yomi
The daily study cycle through the Tanya. In Torah App: “Tanya Yomi: Wisdom” (morning) and “Tanya Yomi: Quiz” (evening) newsletters.
Daf Yomi
The daily Talmud study cycle. Torah App’s Daf Yomi newsletters are temporarily paused.
Shabbat Runner
A short arcade (~45 seconds) with Shabbat symbols inside the app.