Free
Try it on your own portion
- Free to download
- The whole setup, from your date to your portion
- The opening verses of your reading: two, or one when the reading is short
- The blessings before and after, and every practice tool
Coming soon to the App Store · iPhone
Your Torah portion, one word at a time.
Deuteronomy 30:14
כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹבKi-karov
אֵלֶ֛יךָelecha
הַדָּבָ֖רhadavar
מְאֹ֑דme'od
בְּפִ֥יךָbeficha
וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖uvilvavcha
לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃la'asoto
Each word lights up as it is read or chanted in the app, with the transliteration beneath it.
Real readers, your own verses, one word at a time. Enter the Bar Mitzvah date and Kol Aliyah finds the portion, its Haftarah and the exact verses, then lights each Hebrew word as a real reader reads or chants it, with the transliteration beneath. Practice a few words at a time, record yourself and take a test, all on your iPhone.
Real readers
Real people read it. Real people chant it.
Kol Aliyah plays recordings of real readers: a plain reading, to learn the words before the tune, and the chant in your synagogue’s melody, Sephardic or Ashkenazi. Pick the tune your community uses and change it any time. Both use Israeli pronunciation.
- Spoken
- Chanted, Sephardic
- Chanted, Ashkenazi
Where no recording exists, a synthesised voice reads it: the blessings, and some Haftarah readings. The app says so. Who the readers are, and the licences, are on the sources page.
How it works
Three steps. Then practice anywhere.
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Set the date
Enter the date and where it will be. Kol Aliyah finds the portion and its Haftarah; you choose his aliyah and see its exact verses.
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Hear it, then say it
Each word lights up as it is read or chanted. Hear two words, say them back, then join them up, until the whole verse is his.
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Check yourself
Record a verse, or take the test: the app listens on the phone and marks every word. Parents get a readiness report.
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Step by stepTwo words at a time, his turn after each, then the whole verse.
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Slow it downEvery syllable, clearly, at his own pace.
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Repeat a verseAgain and again, until it sticks.
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Signs, vowels or scrollSwitch between chant marks, vowels and plain scroll letters.
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Record yourselfHear how you sound next to the reading, then try again.
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Test yourselfRead a verse alone; the app listens on the phone and marks each word.
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The blessingsBefore and after the Torah reading and the Haftarah, word by word.
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The HaftarahHis Haftarah too, learned the same way, with its blessings.
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Readiness reportWhich verses are ready and which words need work, for parents.
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Works offlineOnce his portion is on the phone, no connection needed.
Why Kol Aliyah
Built for the weeks before the day.
Kol Aliyah began with one boy getting ready for his Bar Mitzvah who does not read Hebrew. What worked was a few words at a time: hear them, say them back, watch each word light up.
It is a practice partner, not a replacement for your rabbi or tutor, who decides how your community reads and when he is ready.
Pricing
Free to start. Subscribe when you’re ready.
Subscription
The whole aliyah and the Haftarah, for one student
- The rest of the verses and the Haftarah, with the test and the parents’ report
- $24.99 a month, or $89.99 every 6 months
- For one student, not shared with the family
- Renews automatically until you cancel in Settings. No free trial
These are US prices; other storefronts show their own, and the app shows the price before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends: on your iPhone, Settings, your name, Subscriptions.
Launching soon
Be the first to know.
Kol Aliyah is coming to the App Store for iPhone. Send us one email and we’ll write back when it’s out.
Opens your email app, addressed to hello@kolaliyah.app. We use your address only to tell you when Kol Aliyah launches.