• The Chabad Edition – Otzar HaHochma, Bina V’Daas |
Monday, May 21 2007 |
In honor of the Hebrew Book Week Otzar HaHochma in conjunction with Kehat Press present a brand new product. Otzar HaHochma, Bina V’Daas is a collection of roughly 2,400 Chabad books, scanned page by page in their original format. The collection may be purchased as part of Otzar HaHochma or as a separate package. This collection includes all books by the Chabad Admorim (including 307 books by the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l), books sold in stores as well as those that are out of print, including books that have not been printed in many years and rare and ancient editions (first printing) that are not available at any bookstores. The collection contains, in addition to all Kehat books, a large number of Chabad books and writings, Torah compilations published throughout Chabad yeshivos and communities, souvenirs distributed at simchas, albums of shluchim and institutions, biographies of Admorim and their talmidim, history books and biographies, stories, periodicals, leaflets and more. Nearly all Chabad books in Otzar HaHochma can be searched through – the highlight function of the Otzar HaHochma program. All books are catalogued according to topics and sub-topics and many include annotations detailing the book’s content. These books – a valuable historic collection comprising a state-of-the-art and comprehensive tool for learning Chabad thought and philosophy, are sold on compact 80GB disc that supports a USB connection. This product is sold exclusively by Kehat Press in Israel and the United States. Otzar HaHochma, Bina V’Daas will be available starting 24 Sivan, June 10. • • • • • • • • • • |
• Our Apologies! |
Thursday, Ner Shishi shel Chanukah, 5767 |
We apologize for the difficulties experienced by some of our users while trying to enter the online Otzar. This was a technical difficulty which we had no control over. The problem has been fixed and it is now again possible to enter the online Otzar. We hope to be able to avoid all such problems in the future and apologize for the inconviniece. • • • • • • • • • • |
• Otzar HaHochma has been upgraded to 21,500 books |
Tuesday, Dec. 12,
2006 |
We are happy to announce the winter 2007 5.0 launch. Most of our customers have received our letter detailing the upgrade. Customers from France, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland will be receiving this letter shortly, G-d willing. We have been receiving very positive feedback from those customers who have already upgraded to 5.0. The program has been greatly improved and is noticeably more comprehensive. The new booklist containing 2200 books as well as the 1400 new Chabad books that have been added to the repository have already been updated and can be found on the Otzar site. The following new tools have been added to the program: 5.0 Upgrade
Parsha of the Week – here too we have finished adding all of the existing Otzar books to the Parsha of the Week drawer, which allows users to select a parsha and open all related books directly to the page that discusses that parsha.
The Otzar HaHochma project designers and administrators, Rav Erez Sela and his staff of talmidei chachamim, along with the spiritual guidance of HaRav Shmuel Deutch, give thanks to Hashem for the past and ask for continued Si’ata De’shmaya in the future for the Otzar HaHochma project which is has historical significance by way of perpetuating and preserving sifrei kodesh for generations to come as well as practical significance through its being a most helpful help tool to Torah learners and others who study the sources.
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| • We are getting ready for the 5.0 Program Update Launch!
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| Friday, July. 28,
2006 |
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The 30% Hebrew Book Week sale is over. Many of you in Israel and abroad took advantage of this great opportunity for purchasing the Otzar HaHochma program at a limited special price offer.
We are currently focusing primarily on program development and expansion. Be'ezras Hashem, as we near the high holidays, we will send out a letter detailing the 5.0 update. As in the past, this update will also be divided into program development and the addition of new books. Some of the books to be included in version 5.0 are: all of the Kehilos Yaakov, the Avi Ezri, the Revavos Ephraim, the Be'er Moshe, the new Nahar Shalom, the Otzros HaSofer/London collection, the Hilchos Sadeh collection, the new and explicated Meshech Chochma, the Nezer HaTorah collection, the Choshen Mishpat with Birchas Eliyahu, the Sanhedrei Gedola and other publications from the Harry Fischel Foundation, all books by Rabbi Pinkus zt"l, the Yashiv Yitzchok and many more. Wishing you a healthy summer. May we hear besoros tovos, yeshuos u'nechamos. • • • • • • • • • • |
| • Presentations
of Otzar HaHochma in New York area |
| Monday, Jan. 28,
2006 |
| The Israel Otzar HaHochma staff will be holding presentations
in the New York area this coming February 2006. In the program: • Getting the Torah public at large familiarized with the Otzar HaHochma program. • Presentations of the new Version 4.0 options such as the tremendous progress in the free search area, integration of PDF files within the repository, creating a temporary repository and more. • Attendants will be able to try out the program while being guided by the Otzar HaHochma staff. Presentations will take place in the following locations: Chevra Lomdei Torah, 621 5th St., Lakewood Yeshivah Spring Valley, 320 Maple Avenue, Monsey Park House Hotel 718-871-8100 We look forward to seeing you at one of these venues! |
| • Otzar
HaHochma, in it's ongoing effort to expand and develop, is proud to announce
the Otzar HaHochma Version 4.0. |
| Monday, Jan. 23,
2006 |
| Find out what the new and improved version has to offer!
• 2,100 additional books, bringing the total to 19,400 scanned books in their original format. • A word search in over 2000 books in Rashi script. Results are simply astonishing, with the ability to conduct a free search in rare and ancient books with the precise location of the word being searched for highlighted. This brings the total amount of books in which a free search can be conducted to roughly 10,000. • At the request of our customers we have added a new option for downloading books from the Otzar HaHochma disk onto your PC. This is especially useful for people who need to use the program at a location away from an electrical outlet. • The possibility to integrate PDF files within the Otzar HaHochma program. Customers abroad who did not receive information about the update are requested to please let us know. Tel: 972-2-586-6078 Fax: 972-2-571-2713 |