Branch — Torah, prayer, and the Hebrew calendar · Branch
Branch

For iOS & Android

Your daily companion for Torah, prayer, and the Hebrew calendar.

Branch brings the Hebrew calendar, weekly Torah portion, prayers, and Jewish holidays together in one daily companion — built for the Messianic Jewish community.

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Branch app icon — an illustrated olive branch

What's inside

Everything you need for a day rooted in Torah

Shabbat Countdown

A location-aware countdown to candle lighting with a progress ring for the week. Uses GPS for precise zmanim (defaults to Jerusalem).

Weekly Torah Portion

Branch automatically finds the current parsha and surfaces the Torah, Haftarah, and Brit Chadasha readings. Tap any reference to open the reader.

Scripture Reader

A full chapter-by-chapter reader for Torah, Haftarah, Psalms, and the Brit Chadasha — toggle Hebrew and English with verse highlighting and auto-scroll.

Daily Psalms

A rotating daily tehillim tied to the day of the week.

Prayers

Shabbat candle lighting, Kiddush, Hamotzi, Havdalah, and the Amidah — each with Hebrew text, transliteration, and English translation.

Rosh Chodesh

Tracks the next new month with the calculated Molad and links to Rosh Chodesh prayers.

Jewish Holidays

A full-year calendar covering 20 holidays with Gregorian dates, descriptions, and related scripture.

Settings

Choose Sefardi/Modern Hebrew or Ashkenazi transliteration styles across the entire app.

Go deeper

Keep the rhythms, and understand them too

Branch does more than tell you when Shabbat begins. Every season in the app comes with an explanation of what it is, how to keep it, and where it points.

Shabbat

Where the commandment comes from, practical ways to keep the day, how Havdalah closes it, and the rest it points toward.

Rosh Chodesh

Why God marked the months at all, how the new moon was kept in scripture, and what to do with the start of a month today.

The biblical feasts

All 20 holidays and fasts, with long-form studies on Pesach, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and more.

See what Branch teaches

How it works

Three taps to your day's reading

  1. 1

    Open Branch each morning

    See the Shabbat countdown and this week's Torah portion the moment you open the app.

    The Branch daily screen, showing a countdown ring to Shabbat candle lighting, the upcoming Rosh Chodesh, and this week's Torah portion with its Torah, Haftarah, and Brit Chadasha readings.
  2. 2

    Read and pray, in Hebrew or English

    Move between the Torah, Haftarah, Psalms, and Brit Chadasha with side-by-side translations.

    The Branch scripture reader open to Genesis 1, with an English and Hebrew toggle and chapter navigation.
  3. 3

    Never miss a holiday or Rosh Chodesh

    Branch tracks the Hebrew calendar for you and surfaces what's coming next.

    The Branch calendar listing the Hebrew year's holidays, including Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, each with its Gregorian dates.

Sources

Trusted texts, side by side

Branch pairs a Hebrew source with an English translation for every reading, so you can study in the original language and follow along comfortably in English.

SectionHebrewEnglish
Torah & HaftarahSefaria HebrewWorld Messianic Bible
PsalmsSefaria HebrewWorld Messianic Bible
KetuvimSefaria HebrewWorld Messianic Bible
Brit ChadashaDelitzsch Hebrew NTWorld Messianic Bible

English text is the World Messianic Bible, the Messianic edition of the World English Bible, in the public domain courtesy of eBible.org. World Messianic Bible is a trademark, and the text is presented unmodified. Hebrew for the Tanakh comes from Sefaria, and the Brit Chadasha uses the Delitzsch Hebrew New Testament.

Branch is almost ready.

The app is in final development for iOS and Android. Check back soon, or reach out if you'd like to hear when it launches.

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