Study Mode

Overview

Study mode provides flashcard-based study with verse-by-verse progress tracking and real-time collaboration. It is designed for focused practice sessions where you work through an aliyah one verse at a time, marking each verse as complete when you have mastered it.

Study mode requires an active bookmark to activate. A bookmark tells the app which aliyah you are studying so it can load the correct verses, track your progress, and enable collaboration features.

Study mode has two main tabs: Flashcards and Complete Aliya. A sidebar provides a verse list with completion status and a progress bar that updates as you work through the aliyah.

Flashcards Tab

The Flashcards tab displays one verse at a time as a "flashcard." This is the primary study interface where you practice reading each verse individually.

You can toggle between three view modes to test yourself:

• Torah view — Shows the verse without vowels or trope marks, exactly as it appears in the Torah scroll. Use this to quiz yourself.
• Chumash view — Shows the verse with full vowels and cantillation marks. This is your "answer key."
• Tikkun view — Shows both Torah and Chumash side by side, the traditional study format.

Use the ↑ and ↓ arrow keys to cycle between these view modes. Use the ← and → arrow keys to navigate to the next or previous verse.

When you have mastered a verse, click the completion toggle to mark it as complete. Completed verses are tracked in the sidebar and the progress bar so you can see how far you have come.

A vowel visibility toggle is also available, allowing you to show or hide vowel points (nikkud) independently of the view mode. This gives you finer control over how much help you see while practicing.

Grid View

The Flashcards tab includes a Grid View toggle that provides a thumbnail overview of all verses in the current aliyah. Each verse is displayed as a small card in a grid layout, giving you a bird's-eye view of your progress.

Verse cards are color-coded to indicate completion status:

• Green — Verse has been marked as complete
• Gray — Verse has not been started or is still in progress

Click any verse card in the grid to jump directly to that verse in the Flashcards tab. This makes it easy to revisit specific verses that need more practice or to skip ahead to a particular section.

Complete Aliya Tab

The Complete Aliya tab shows the full column view of the Torah content with the current verse highlighted. This gives you context for how your verse fits within the broader passage, which is helpful for understanding the flow of the reading.

Key features of the Complete Aliya view:

• Current verse highlighting — The verse you are currently studying is visually highlighted within the full column display, making it easy to see its position in context.
• Column thumbnail navigation — Small thumbnail previews of each column allow you to quickly jump between columns within the aliyah.
• Progress bar — A progress bar at the bottom of the view shows your overall completion percentage for the aliyah.

Sidebar

The Study mode sidebar provides a scrollable list of all verses in the current aliyah along with a progress bar. Each verse in the list is color-coded to indicate its status:

Click any verse in the sidebar list to jump directly to it in the Flashcards view. The progress bar at the top of the sidebar fills as you mark verses complete, giving you a constant visual indicator of how much of the aliyah you have mastered.

Phrase Colors

Study mode supports colored highlighting of trope (cantillation) phrases. When enabled, each phrase in the verse text is highlighted with a distinct color based on its trope mark. This visual grouping helps you learn the melody by associating colors with musical phrases.

Phrase colors are customizable. You can change the color assigned to each trope phrase to match your personal preference or the color scheme your tutor uses.

Collaboration

Study mode includes built-in collaboration features that connect learners with their tutors or study partners. When a bookmark is shared between two users (via an invitation), the following collaboration tools become available:

• Real-time chat — A chat panel powered by TalkJS appears in the sidebar, allowing you to exchange messages with your collaborator without leaving the study interface. Ask questions about specific verses, discuss pronunciation, or coordinate practice schedules.
• Shared progress — Both collaborators can see each other's verse completion marks. A tutor can monitor which verses their student has mastered, and a student can see any notes or completions their tutor has marked.
• Zoom meetings — A Zoom meeting button lets you start a video session directly from Study mode. This is useful for live tutoring sessions where both users are looking at the same verse.

For a full explanation of the collaboration system, including how invitations work and how to set up shared bookmarks, see Collaboration & Invitations.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Study mode supports the following keyboard shortcuts for efficient study sessions: