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Consult five poskim from different eras of Jewish history on any question. Each rabbi draws from era-appropriate sources in Sefaria's library.

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The Five Poskim

Each question is answered by five rabbis representing distinct eras of halachic development, spanning 1300 years of Jewish legal tradition.

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גאון בבלי

700-1050 CE

Direct Talmudic interpretation, concise and authoritative rulings

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ראשון

1050-1500 CE

Textual analysis, weighing earlier opinions, occasional innovation

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שולחן ערוך

1500-1650 CE

Concise rulings, majority opinion, Sephardi/Ashkenazi distinctions

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אחרונים

1650-1950 CE

Clarifies Shulchan Aruch, practical applications and stringencies

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בן זמננו

1950-Present

Modern technology, multiple traditions, practical contemporary rulings

How It Works

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Ask Any Question

Halachic questions get sourced responses. Non-halachic topics (AI, space travel, democracy) get era-appropriate reactions.

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Retrieval from Sefaria

Each rabbi receives era-appropriate sources from 918,000+ texts via semantic search and Sefaria's citation graph.

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Synthesized Ruling

A final synthesis weighs all opinions, noting consensus or dispute, with full source citations.

Technical Architecture

Graph-Enhanced RAG

  • • 918,000 texts from Sefaria's Hebrew library
  • • 3.7M citation links connecting all Jewish texts
  • • OpenAI embeddings for semantic similarity
  • • Hybrid retrieval combining FTS + vector search

Multi-Signal Ranking

  • • Era-appropriate filtering - A Gaon won't cite Mishnah Berurah
  • • Graph distance scoring via citation relationships
  • • Primary source boosting for Talmud and Shulchan Aruch
  • • PageRank authority from citation network

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Halachic Questions

  • "Is it permitted to use a Shabbat elevator?"
  • "What are the laws of mezuzah placement?"
  • "Can I eat at a restaurant with only vegetarian options?"

Explore Modern Topics

  • "What do you think about artificial intelligence?"
  • "How would you react to space travel?"
  • "What is your view on democracy?"

Non-halachic questions receive responses as if each rabbi is encountering the topic for the first time, filtered through their historical and theological lens.

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For educational purposes only. This tool explores how different eras of poskim might approach questions. It is not a substitute for consulting a qualified rabbi.

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