Quick Guide: Meet the Sefaria Library A/א Menu

You can find options for customizing the visual presentation of the text in this menu, found at the top right corner of your screen.

When you click on the A symbol (or א, when using the Hebrew version of the interface), you’ll see the following options for customization:

• Source: View the text in its original language
• Translation: View the text in translation only.
• Source with Translation: View the text in both its original language and a translation. 
• Monolingual Layout: When viewing the text in a single language, choose whether to view the text as a continuous paragraph or broken up into verses. 
• Bilingual Layout: When viewing in two languages, choose how you view the two languages:
  • Stacked
  • With the original language on the left side
  • With the original language on the right side
• Font Size: Click on either the plus or minus icons to increase or decrease font size until you arrive at your preferred size.

• Aliyot [Torah only]: Turning on the Aliyot option will show you how the text is traditionally partitioned into Torah readings. 
• Vowels [Hebrew only]: Choose whether to view with or without vowels.
• Punctuation [Talmud only]: Choose to view the text with or without punctuation marks.
• Cantillation [Tanakh only]: Choose whether to view a Hebrew-language text with or without cantillation markings. 

Please note: 

• You will only see a translation if an option exists in the Library. If the language is set to bilingual but only Hebrew appears, this means Sefaria does not have a translation for the text.