# Sefaria Jewish Library

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze Jewish texts and commentaries, such as for religious study, textual analysis, or comparative research. It provides a simplified interface to the Sefaria Jewish Library, allowing AI systems to retrieve texts and commentaries with error handling and logging for reliable operation. Ideal for applications requiring in-depth access to Jewish literature, it abstracts the complexities of the Sefaria API for easy integration.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library

## Description

This MCP server, developed by an unnamed author, provides access to the Sefaria Jewish Library for AI assistants. Built with Python and leveraging the MCP SDK, it offers tools for retrieving texts and commentaries from the Sefaria database. The server implements error handling and logging to ensure reliable operation. By abstracting the complexities of the Sefaria API, it allows AI systems to easily access and analyze Jewish texts and commentaries. This implementation is particularly valuable for applications requiring in-depth access to Jewish literature, enabling use cases such as religious study, textual analysis, and comparative research across different Jewish texts and interpretations.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sivan22/mcp-sefaria-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sivan22-sefaria-jewish-library/pull`

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