A Free Jewish App for Torah and Music: 10 Things You Can Do on LeHallel
LeHallel is a free Jewish app for Torah, shiurim and Jewish music: it opens in any browser, and on Android it is on Google Play. On 28 October 2026 it held over 400,000 videos, "every one approved before it is here". Ten things it does: Ask anything, Inside any shiur, a mood search, Aneni calls with a chavrusa, 6,010 sefarim, Daf Yomi, the radio, zmanim, live streams and the Yanuka in English.
What people want from a Jewish app
When we collected the searches Google and YouTube suggest on 30 September 2026, people typed "jewish apps for iphone", "jewish video app", "jewish learning videos", "best daf yomi app", "jewish podcast app" and "jewish music app free". Read together, they ask for one place that does four things:
- Learning they can trust: shiurim, the daf, sefarim, without wading through everything else.
- Music the whole family can play, with nothing around the song.
- Answers: a real rav on a real question, not a wall of links.
- Each other: a chavrusa, a group, a shiur to join while it is happening.
This guide walks through the ten things LeHallel does toward that, each shown on the real screen (pictures taken on lehallel.com at iPhone size on 28 October 2026) and in the film above, and ends with eight questions to ask of any Jewish app before you rely on it.
The ten at a glance
The film above shows each of the ten in use. The table says what you do, where it lives on LeHallel, and links to its own minute in the film.
| # | What you do | Where on LeHallel | In the film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask a question in your own words and hear the exact moment a rav answers it | Ask anything, under the search box | 0:13 |
| 2 | Search the words a rabbi actually said, and jump to that minute | Inside any shiur, under the search box | 0:27 |
| 3 | Say how you feel and get shiurim and songs for it | What are you in the mood to learn? | 0:38 |
| 4 | Call a chavrusa by video or voice, and open a sefer together in the call | Aneni | 0:50 |
| 5 | Read 6,010 sefarim in Hebrew and English, and search inside every one | Sefarim, in the dock | 1:12 |
| 6 | Learn today's daf on the real Vilna page, with shiurim on that daf | The Daf Room | 1:27 |
| 7 | Press a station, or say what you need, and Jewish music plays | Radio | 1:40 |
| 8 | See today's halachic times for your own town | The Zmanim room | 1:52 |
| 9 | Watch shiurim, shuls and the Kosel streaming right now | Live | 2:05 |
| 10 | Watch the Yanuka's shiurim and read them in English as he speaks | The Yanuka in English | 2:17 |
1. Ask anything: the exact moment a rav answers
Under LeHallel's search box sit three buttons; the first is Ask anything, "the shiurim that answer it". You type a question the way you would ask a friend. In the film we typed "a short shiur on bitachon for a hard day". LeHallel did not answer with a list of titles: it started playing a shiur at the minute where a rabbi answers that question, and said how long the answer runs.
Under the answer, LeHallel lists how many other moments and voices answer the same question ("6 moments · 15 voices answer this" in the picture), so you can hear how different rabbis put it. Each answer can be saved as a moment, sent to someone, or opened as the full shiur. And every answer carries the same line: "Different minhag or personal situation? Ask your rav." A recorded shiur teaches; it does not pasken for your home.
Each time we asked, a different rabbi came up first (Rabbi Yisroel Brog in the film, Rabbi Daniel Kalish in the picture), because the question was the same but the moments that answer it are many.
2. Inside any shiur: search the words a rabbi said
A title tells you what a shiur is called. Inside any shiur, the second button, searches what was actually said in it: "the moment a rabbi says it". We typed "shalom bayis".
Every result is a quote with its minute: in Rabbi Dovid Kaplan's shiur on the Sotah in Parashat Nasso, "That's how important shalom bayis is. And it's a lesson", Watch at 38:22. One press opens the shiur at that minute. This is how you find the part of a ninety-minute shiur you remember hearing once, or the rabbi who spoke about exactly the subject on your mind.
3. What are you in the mood to learn?
The third button is for the days you do not know what to search for. It opens Masmid, LeHallel's helper, which introduces itself in its own words: "What are you in the mood to learn or listen to? I find it on LeHallel." In the film we said only "calm". Masmid answered with three ways to go, each a press away: a slow, quiet song, a calming shiur, or chizuk for worry.
Masmid finds what is already on LeHallel; it does not write Torah of its own. If its first offer is not what you meant, the "Not it? Tell us" link under it sends that word to the LeHallel team.
4. Aneni: learn with a chavrusa, by video or voice
Learning is better with someone. Aneni is LeHallel's own "video and voice calls inside LeHallel". One press gives you your own Aneni number; in Settings you choose to keep your own cell number or take a new Aneni number. Then you call a friend's number, or find someone under People on Aneni, and their LeHallel rings wherever they are on it.
The part a chavrusa will feel is the fourth step: inside the call, open a sefer page and you both see the same page; when one of you turns it, it turns for both. The same page has a button to start a live shiur, and groups for learning together. One plain limit, in Aneni's own words: "Calls work between people who have Aneni. A friend without it? Press Invite."
5. 6,010 sefarim, searched from inside
LeHallel's library is, in its own heading, "Every sefer, Hebrew and English": "6,010 sefarim · 194,270 sections · eleven meforshim" on 28 October 2026, with today's daf (Bechorot 40), this week's parsha (Vayera) and the Chumash shelves on its first screen. The search box says what it takes: "A word, a posuk, or a question. A sefer's name works too." A button marked אבג opens Hebrew letters on the screen for anyone without a Hebrew keyboard.
We typed "tehillim 23". LeHallel offered Psalms 23 to open straight away, and under it every place in the library that quotes it: 906 places in 160 sefarim, sorted into Mishnah, Midrash, Halakhah, Musar, Chasidut, Kabbalah and more. That second list is the one a chavrusa wants when the question is not "what does it say" but "who else talks about it".
6. Daf Yomi on the real Vilna page
The Daf Room opens on today's daf. On 28 October 2026 that was Bechoros 40, the same daf Hebcal's calendar gives for the day. It shows "the real Vilna page", and says what to do with it: "Tap any line to ask about exactly it - the answer is the moment a real rav explains it."
One press on "Shiurim on this daf" lists the shiurim on exactly that daf; that day, Rabbi Eli Stefansky's full daf and his eight-minute recap. "Ask on this daf" takes your question about the daf itself and offers three to start from: what the Gemara is trying to prove, why the first proof is rejected, and the final conclusion. The Navigate button walks through every masechta of Shas, from Berachos on. Our guide to Daf Yomi online explains the cycle and how to keep up with it.
7. The radio: press a station and it plays
LeHallel's radio says it in four words: "Press a station. It plays." The stations sit as cards, starting with The House Station, "hand-picked - the songs we keep coming back to". Above them is a box for days you know the mood but not the station: "Say what you need". We typed "happy songs" and pressed Tune.
The radio tuned the Simcha station and started playing, with Shuffle, Save, and a sleep timer (15, 30 or 60 minutes) for the end of the day. For the music itself, by genre and by artist, see our guide to the kosher music app.
8. Zmanim for your own town
The Zmanim room works out the day's halachic times for the place you choose, draws the day as an arc from netz to shkia, and counts down to the next zman. For Brooklyn on Wednesday 28 October 2026 (17 Cheshvan 5787) it gave netz 7:21 AM, sof zman Shema 9:24 AM (Magen Avraham) or 10:00 AM (GRA), chatzos 12:39 PM and shkia 5:57 PM, the same minutes as Hebcal's calendar for Brooklyn that day, with Friday's candle lighting at 5:36 PM and havdalah on Shabbos at 6:35 PM.
Under the times are the tefillos for the time of day, each a press away: Shacharis until 10:53 AM, Mincha from 1:05 PM to 5:57 PM, in Ashkenaz, Sefard or Edot HaMizrach. Our zmanim guide explains what each zman means and why a town a few hours away can differ.
9. Live now
LeHallel's Live page lists what is streaming at this moment, "checked every 15 minutes", and says where it comes from: "Every stream below comes from a channel on Lehallel." While we filmed, at about 6 PM New York time on 28 October 2026, it said "7 streaming right now": a shiur by Rabbi Meir Avner Weg, two broadcasts from the Musayof synagogue's channel, a hilula at Yeshivat Chazon Mordechai, and the Western Wall's own camera at the Kosel. The LIVE count also sits on the top bar of LeHallel's home screen (LIVE 7 in the pictures above), so you can see at a glance when something is on.
10. The Yanuka in English
Rav Shlomo Yehuda, known as the Yanuka, teaches in Hebrew. LeHallel's page for him says what it does: "the shiurim he gives on his own channel, translated by Lehallel part by part, each part with the minute it is said." On 28 October 2026 it held "375 shiurim so far · 1,522,039 words · more join every day".
Open a shiur and it plays at the top of the page; under it, "The shiur in English", each part with its minute. Press a time to hear that part said. It is the way to follow him if your Hebrew is not quick enough for a live shiur, and to find again the line you heard him say. His page on LeHallel also carries his songs and his sayings.
Choosing a Jewish app: eight questions
Whether you use LeHallel or anything else, these eight questions tell you whether a Jewish app will hold up in your home. Ask them of the app itself, on the phone your family will use.
- Who decides what is in it? A standard you can read, or simply whatever is popular?
- What is around each video? Comments, a feed, suggestions from the whole internet?
- Can it answer a question with a real rav? And does it tell you to ask your own rav for your home?
- Does it hold your learning? Your daf, your parsha, your sefarim, your rabbis.
- Can you learn with someone inside it? A call, a group, a page you both see.
- Does it fit your day? Zmanim for your town, tefillos by the time, music for Shabbos.
- What does it cost, and what happens if you stop paying?
- What can the phone do besides? A clean app on an open phone is still an open phone.
Questions people ask
Is there a free Jewish app for Torah and music?
Yes. LeHallel opens free in any browser and is on Google Play for Android; its FAQ says "No card is taken anywhere on this site." The ten things in this guide are all part of it.
Is LeHallel on the iPhone?
Yes, in the iPhone's own browser: open lehallel.com and it works like an app, with the same rooms and the same dock as in the pictures above.
Can I ask a halachic question?
You can ask any question and LeHallel plays the moment a rav answers it in a shiur. Every answer says "Different minhag or personal situation? Ask your rav." A shiur teaches; your rav paskens for your home.
What is the best daf yomi app?
The one that opens today's daf without a search and has shiurim on it. LeHallel's Daf Room opens on the day's daf on the real Vilna page, with shiurim on that daf and questions to ask about it; on 28 October 2026 that was Bechoros 40.
How do I find a chavrusa online?
On LeHallel, turn on Aneni: you get your own number, call a friend by video or voice, or find someone under People on Aneni, and open a sefer page together inside the call. Calls work between people who have Aneni.
Can I search inside sefarim in English?
Yes. LeHallel's Sefarim search takes "a word, a posuk, or a question", in English or Hebrew, and the אבג button opens Hebrew letters on the screen. "tehillim 23" found Psalms 23 and 906 places in 160 sefarim that quote it.
Where can I hear the Yanuka in English?
On LeHallel's page The Yanuka in English: his shiurim from his own channel, translated part by part, each part with its minute; 375 shiurim on 28 October 2026.
Does a Jewish app make my phone kosher?
No. It decides what plays inside it. What else the phone can open is a separate question for the phone itself.
Sources
- LeHallel, the home screen, Ask anything, Inside any shiur and the mood search, opened in a real browser at iPhone size on 28 October 2026, signed in as LeHallel's own team account (the pictures above and the film).
- LeHallel, Aneni and Sefarim (read 28 October 2026): "Video and voice calls inside LeHallel"; "Calls work between people who have Aneni"; "6,010 sefarim · 194,270 sections · eleven meforshim".
- LeHallel, the Daf Room, Radio and Live (read 28 October 2026).
- LeHallel, The Yanuka's Shiurim in English (read 28 October 2026): "375 shiurim so far · 1,522,039 words".
- LeHallel, FAQ (read 28 October 2026): "No card is taken anywhere on this site"; every video "plays through YouTube's official player"; "YouTube may show its own ad on some of those videos."
- Hebcal, Zmanim for Brooklyn, New York, 28 October 2026, its Shabbat times and the Hebrew date for 28 October 2026 (17 Cheshvan 5787; Daf Yomi Bechoros 40; candle lighting 5:36 PM on 30 October).
- Sefaria, Psalms 23 (read 28 October 2026).
- Wikipedia, Daf Yomi (read 28 October 2026).
- LeHallel on Google Play (read 28 October 2026).