Editing Torah database (section)

{{short description|Electronic collection of classic Jewish texts}}
A '''Torah database''' (מאגר תורני or מאגר יהדות) is a collection of classic [[Jewish]] texts in electronic form, the kinds of texts which, especially in [[Israel]], are often called [[Judaism#Jewish religious texts|"The Traditional Jewish Bookshelf"]] (ארון הספרים היהודי); the texts are in their original languages ([[Hebrew]] or [[Aramaic]]). These databases contain either keyed-in digital texts or a collection of page-images from printed editions. Given the nature of traditional Jewish [[Torah study]], which involves extensive citation and cross-referencing among hundreds of texts written over the course of thousands of years, many Torah databases also make extensive use of [[hypertext]] links.

A '''Torah database''' usually refers to a collection of primary texts, rather than translations or secondary research and reference materials.