# Mesilat Yesharim — yesharim.app

> Mesilat Yesharim ("The Path of the Just"), the classic 18th-century mussar
> (Jewish ethical development) work by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal),
> in original vocalized Hebrew and English translation, paragraph by
> paragraph, with a 26-day daily study plan.

The app provides the Author's Introduction plus all 26 chapters (perakim) in
Hebrew and English, aligned paragraph-for-paragraph for parallel reading and
read-along. URLs follow `https://yesharim.app/{lang}/texts/{chapter}` —
e.g. `https://yesharim.app/en/texts/Mesilat Yesharim.1`. Supported
languages: `en`, `he` (original, vocalized/nikud).

## About

- [About](https://yesharim.app/en/about): mission, translation sources, attribution
- [Home](https://yesharim.app/en/home)
- [Chapter navigation](https://yesharim.app/en/navigation): Introduction + 26 perakim

## What's unique to this app

- **Paragraph-level parallel reading** — Hebrew and English aligned paragraph by paragraph (no verses; this is prose).
- **26-day Path of the Just journey** — one perek per day, with a streak.
- **Vocalized Hebrew (nikud)** — Sefaria Vocalized Edition, Public Domain.
- **Audio** — Hebrew vocalized narration; English text-to-speech.
- **AI Rabbi chat** — ask questions about the text via [Rabbi AI](https://rabbiai.app).

## Chapters

- [Author's Introduction](https://yesharim.app/en/texts/Mesilat Yesharim.0)
- Perek 1–26: the ladder of virtues from the Baraita d'Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair —
  watchfulness (zehirut), alacrity (zerizut), cleanliness (nekiyut),
  abstinence (perishut), purity (taharah), piety (chasidut), humility
  (anavah), fear of sin (yirat chet), and holiness (kedushah).
  `https://yesharim.app/en/texts/Mesilat Yesharim.{1..26}`

## Translation & sources

- Hebrew: Sefaria Vocalized Edition, Public Domain.
- English: "Path of the Just", trans. R. Yosef Sebag (dafyomireview.com), CC-BY.

## Study Plans

- [26-Day Path of the Just](https://yesharim.app/en/plans/daily_chapter): one perek per day
- [All plans](https://yesharim.app/en/plans)

## Ecosystem — companion apps

- [Rabbi AI](https://rabbiai.app): flagship AI rabbi chat.
- [Tanakh](https://hebrewbible.app): the Hebrew Bible foundation.
- [Mishnah](https://mishnah.app): the Oral Torah.
- [Talmud Bavli](https://talmudbavli.app): Babylonian Talmud.
- [Talmud Yerushalmi](https://talmudjerusalem.app): Jerusalem Talmud.

## Mobile apps

- iOS App Store: TODO (not yet submitted)
- Google Play: TODO (not yet submitted)

## Sitemaps (per language)

- [English](https://yesharim.app/sitemaps/en.xml)
- [Hebrew](https://yesharim.app/sitemaps/he.xml)
- [Master sitemap](https://yesharim.app/sitemap.xml)

## Optional

- [AI Study Chat](https://yesharim.app/en/chat): embedded Rabbi AI chat
- [Premium features](https://yesharim.app/en/premium)