Project beneficiaries

The final product is a free digital database of Torah books with a search software as well as an online interface on the website.
We deliberately chose to make the books available under a free license, which permits their usage even for commercial purposes (subject to terms), for the following reasons:
- this encourages massive collaborative correction of errors thus raising the level of accuracy and therefore the quality of the books;
- this minimizes investment for publishing houses thus reducing the prices of printed books.

The donors are given the opportunity to make maximum use of their ma’aser money: benefit the general public while performing the highest level of charity towards Torah scholars.
They will gain merit for facilitating Torah learning: a book, once published under a free license, is put at the disposal of the general public for eternity, since there will never be a need to type it again.
Fulfilling the commandment “beyomo titen skharo”: the beneficiary acquires the money (which he got in advance as a loan) the moment he finishes his norm.
The dedications section included in the books constitutes (according to the license terms 4K, 4L) an inseparable part that must appear whenever a third party (such as a publishing house) should wish to distribute them.

In depth study of the book that a kollel student works on.
Respectable income within his occupation area: combining work with learning (especially suitable for the “libo khafets kollels”).
The reward is according to output: no pressure, the work is done at individual pace and at free time.
No obligations: editor can quit the project at any time, and in such a case it is possible either to return the part of the sum for which he hasn’t provided characters yet or to supply the remaining characters - as per his wish.

The charities’ budget grows as new local donors find interest in the Pninim Project.
An opportunity for communal charity funds to extend the circle of donors beyond the neighborhood.