Daat Torah — Halacha study · Shulchan Aruch by siman

Our Vision

Torah accessible at every level

Daat Torah is a halakha study platform designed to accompany every student — from the curious beginner to the seasoned Talmid Chacham — in a serious and structured study of the Torah.

Each text is presented at four levels: an accessible and pedagogical version (Base), a scholarly version with full pilpul (Lamdan), a magisterial synthesis for review and memorization, and the Daat HaRav level (the shitah of the Alter Rebbe).

Initiated by Rav Yossef Haim Samama, the platform begins with Hilkhot Shabbat (Orach Chaim) and will progressively expand to all of Halakha.

"כִּי תוֹרַת ה' תְּמִימָה, מְשִׁיבַת נָפֶשׁ"

Tehillim 19:8 — The Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul.

Pedagogical system

Four study levels

Each topic is treated at four progressive depths, enabling everyone to study at their own level.

מתחילים

Base

רמת המתחיל

Hebrew text with fluent translation. Pedagogical explanation of the essential concepts, accessible to beginners as well as intermediate students.

תלמידי חכמים

Lamdan

רמת הלמדן

In-depth pilpul: sugya, שיטות ראשונים ואחרונים, חקירות, מחלוקות, נפקא מינות. For yeshiva students and talmidei chachamim.

חזרה וסיכום

Magisterial Synthesis

סיכום מגיסטרלי

Structured summary for review and memorization. Comparative tables, golden rules, practical cases, classic pitfalls.

פסק ומנהג

Daat HaRav

דעת הרב

The shitah of the Alter Rebbe: his Shulchan Arukh and his קונטרס אחרון, seif by seif — what he rules, what he sets aside, and the טעם he gives where the other poskim give none.

Artificial Intelligence

Daat AI — your study guide

An AI specialized in halakha, anchored in the primary sources, that answers with precision at the advanced levels.

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Strict Grounding

The AI only answers from sources referenced in the platform. If the information is not in the sources, it says so clearly — without inventing.

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Multi-level

The same question receives an answer adapted to your level: pedagogical for the beginner, analytical for the lamdan, synthetic for review.

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Halakhic rigor

The AI systematically cites its sources (Shulchan Aruch, Rama, Mishna Berura…), distinguishes between levels of authority, and flags disagreements between Rishonim and Acharonim.

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Multilingual

Answers in French with Hebrew citations. Eventually: Hebrew, English and Spanish. Torah study without a language barrier.

Sample dialogue — Siman רמ״ו, Seif Alef

"Can one rent a tool to a non-Jew before Shabbat if he will use it on Shabbat day?"

According to the Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 246:1), one may lend and rent one's utensils to a non-Jew, even if he works with them on Shabbat: we are not commanded regarding the resting of utensils (שביתת כלים). For a work tool, such as a plow, some forbid renting it on erev Shabbat — the view the Rama adopts: "וכן עיקר כסברא האחרונה" — while explicitly permitting lending it on erev Shabbat; and payment may cover Shabbat only when absorbed (בהבלעה) in a weekly or monthly rental.

✦ Ask your Halacha question — Daat finds the sources in the corpus →

Content library

Available content

We begin with Hilkhot Shabbat — the richest and most practical branch of daily Halakha. Level 4 Daat HaRav (the shitah of the Admor HaZaken — Shulchan Aruch HaRav) is now available on 122 of the 124 simanim of Hilkhot Shabbat.

New · Level 4

דעת הרב — Daat HaRav

The shitah of the Admor HaZaken on 122 of the 124 simanim of Hilkhot Shabbat — full Hebrew text of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Shulchan Aruch of the Admor HaZaken) with the Kuntress Acharon, the strength of the psak, the chiddush specific to the Rav, references to the Rebbe's sichot and igrot, conduct lema'asseh.

Simanim 242 → 365 · Sefaria integration · Hebrew glosa convention

Browse the 124 simanim → Shitah of the Admor ↗

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אורח חיים — יום-יומי

Orah Haim — Everyday Halacha

The halacha of daily life: rising, netilas yadayim, berachos, tzitzis, tefilin, tefila. First simanim in preparation.

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יורה דעה

Yoreh De'ah — Issur ve-Heter

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הלכות נדה

Hilkhot Nida — Taharas haMishpacha

The 18 simanim of family purity (183-200) — hefsek tahara, harchakos, chafifah, tevila — studied in 4 levels, with a Daat HaRav (Chabad) level.

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In progress

אורח חיים

Orach Chaim — Hilkhot Shabbat

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Future

אבן העזר

Even HaEzer — Hilkhot Ishut

Content in preparation

About

An initiative for the community

Daat Torah was born from a simple observation: halakhic literature in French, accessible at every level, is still too rare. Thousands of Francophones — in France, in Israel, in Canada, in Morocco — deserve access to serious study in their own language.

Each text is carefully transcribed, translated, and annotated by Rav Yossef Haim Samama, with the concern of remaining faithful to the primary sources while making the concepts accessible.

The project starts modestly — a community platform — with the ambition of eventually becoming an international reference for halakha study in French.

רב יוסף חיים סממה

Rav Yossef Haim Samama

Founder · Daat Torah

Daat Torah דעת