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Credits and licences

Effective date:
Version:
1.0

Past versions

1. The short version

  • The Torah verses in OrQuest come from Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM), under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. We removed some marks. Our version of the verses is free to share under the same licence.
  • The prayers come from four published siddur editions. Sefaria records each as public domain or openly licensed.
  • The Israeli Torah-reading calendar and the festival rest days come from Hebcal, under the CC BY 4.0 licence.
  • Our fonts are Assistant, Frank Ruhl Libre and IBM Plex Mono, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
  • OrQuest is built with open-source software. The app lists the packages it uses directly, each with its licence.
  • The illustrations, films and reward icons were made with AI image and video models. The verses of the Torah passages are read by an AI voice. No one was recorded for OrQuest.
  • Ner, most line icons and the interface sounds were made for OrQuest, in code.
  • Nothing in our Terms of Use limits what these open licences allow you to do.

This page is also in the app, in Settings under Legal and help.

2. The Torah text

The Hebrew verses in the app's Torah passages, stories and share cards, and on the pages of the OrQuest website that quote a verse, are from Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM). MAM is a digital edition of the Hebrew Bible based on the Aleppo Codex and related manuscripts, created and edited on Hebrew Wikisource.

  • Source: Miqra according to the Masorah, Wikisource. We received the text through Sefaria.
  • Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • What we changed: we removed the cantillation marks, the meteg and the paseq. We wrote MAM's special qamats qatan sign as an ordinary qamats. We left out MAM's editorial notes and its section markers. We changed no letter.
  • On the OrQuest website only: we also write the four-letter Name as ה׳.
  • On share cards: a card that shows a verse, or a first siyum card that shows words from Bereshit 1:5, carries the line "Verse: MAM, CC BY-SA 4.0" on the picture, and the caption the app prepares for it adds the line "Verse: Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM), CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted."

Each verse was compared letter by letter with a second, independent edition, except the verses of one passage, the opening of the Ten Commandments, which the app marks "Not yet checked" until that check is done. The verses you can listen to in the app are read from this same text.

Our adapted text is offered under the same licence, CC BY-SA 4.0. You may copy, share and adapt it on the terms of that licence. For a copy of the verses exactly as OrQuest shows them, write to support@orquestapp.com and we will send it to you free, as a text file.

3. The siddur

The prayers are quoted from the editions below, which we received through the Sefaria library. Each prayer in the app names its edition, and the siddur's Sources page lists the editions for each nusach.

EditionNusachLicence, as Sefaria records itWhere it comes from
Daat Siddur AshkenazAshkenazPublic domainDaat
The Metsudah siddur, 1981Ashkenaz, SefardCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)National Library of Israel
Torat Emet 357Ashkenaz, Sefard, Edot HaMizrachPublic domainTorat Emet
Shaliehsaboo EditionEdot HaMizrachCC0 1.0Sefaria

What we changed: we removed the cantillation marks and the meteg, and the editions' typographic emphasis, such as bold and enlarged letters. We show each edition's instructions (when to stand, what to skip) apart from the words of the prayer. The section headings and the notes that explain when each prayer is said were written for OrQuest.

4. Calendar data

Two sets of dates come from Hebcal: the Israeli schedule of weekly Torah readings, used in the app and on the OrQuest website, and the festival days that count as rest days for your streak in the app. Hebcal's data is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

We took only the dates we need, and we checked them against a second calendar before using them. The Hebrew date shown in the app is worked out on your device.

5. Fonts

OrQuest uses three typefaces. Each is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

The app receives the fonts through the Expo Google Fonts packages (MIT License), and its Credits and licences screen carries the full licence text. On the website, the licence text is published beside the font files: Assistant and Frank Ruhl Libre.

6. Open-source software

The OrQuest app is built with open-source software. The principal libraries are:

  • React and React Native (MIT License)
  • Expo, including Expo Router and the Expo modules the app uses (MIT License)
  • the Supabase JavaScript client (MIT License)
  • RevenueCat's Purchases SDK for React Native (MIT License)
  • React Native Reanimated, Gesture Handler and Screens (MIT License)
  • React Native SVG (MIT License)
  • Zustand (MIT License)
  • Async Storage for React Native (MIT License)
  • React Native View Shot (MIT License)

The app's Credits and licences screen lists each open-source package the app uses directly, with its licence, and gives the full text of the MIT License and of the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

The website uses:

  • GSAP and ScrollTrigger 3.12.5, copyright GreenSock, under the GSAP Standard License;
  • Phosphor Icons for some interface icons, copyright 2023 Phosphor Icons, under the MIT License.

7. Media made with AI

  • Illustrations. The illustrations in the app and on the website, including the covers for stories, books and places, the value medallions and the siddur and calendar tiles, were made with the GPT Image 2.5 image model, through Higgsfield, in September 2026.
  • Films. The welcome film in the app and the two films on the website's home page were made through Higgsfield: the frames with GPT Image 2.5 and the motion with the Kling 3.0 video model.
  • Reward icons. The XP bolt, the flame, the gem, the heart, the medals, the trophy and the other reward icons were made with the Recraft V4.1 model, through Higgsfield.
  • Verse audio. The recordings of the 135 verses in the Torah passages are read by an AI voice: the stock voice "Orion" on ElevenLabs' Eleven v3 model, through Higgsfield. No one was recorded for OrQuest, and we did not clone anyone's voice. The four-letter Name is read as Adonai. All other Hebrew in the app is spoken by your device's own voice.

OrQuest does not generate anything with AI while you use it. The media above were made in advance and ship with the app or the website.

8. Made for OrQuest

  • Ner, the lamp that guides you through the app, is drawn in code.
  • Line icons. Most line icons in the app were drawn for OrQuest, in code. On iPhone, the tab bar uses Apple's SF Symbols, which come with the system.
  • Sounds. The interface sounds, such as the chimes for a correct answer, a growing streak and a finished chapter, were synthesised from code written for OrQuest. We used no sound library.

9. Your freedom under these licences

The texts, data, fonts and software credited on this page are covered by their own licences, or, as their sources record, are in the public domain. Nothing in our Terms of Use limits what those licences, or the public domain, allow you to do with that material. If you reuse it, credit its source and follow its licence.

10. Trade marks

Apple, the Apple logo and iPhone are trade marks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

Google Play, the Google Play logo and Android are trade marks of Google LLC.

Other names on this page, such as Sefaria, Wikisource, Hebcal, Higgsfield and ElevenLabs, belong to their owners. We name them to show where material comes from. Naming them does not mean they endorse OrQuest.

11. Corrections

If we have credited something wrongly, or left something out, write to support@orquestapp.com or see Contact and business details. We will correct this page. Earlier versions are kept at Past versions.

Hebrew version: קרדיטים ורישיונות. Both versions are official. If they differ, the one more favourable to you applies.