Sefaria Jewish Library

🚀 Sefaria Jewish Library MCP Server

This is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to the texts in the Sefaria Jewish Library. The server enables large language models to retrieve and reference Jewish texts through a standardized interface.

✨ Features

• Retrieve Jewish texts by reference.
• Get commentaries for specific texts.

📦 Installation

Python 3.10 or higher is required.

Install via Smithery

To automatically install the Sefaria Jewish Library (for Claude Desktop) through Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-sefaria-server --client claude

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sivan22/mcp-sefaria-server.git
cd mcp-sefaria-server

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

You can run the server directly:

uv --directory path/to/directory run sefaria_jewish_library

Or run it through a client that supports the MCP protocol.

For the Claude Desktop application and command-line tools, use the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {        
      "sefaria_jewish_library": {
          "command": "uv",
          "args": [
              "--directory",
              "C:/dev/mcp-sefaria-server",
              "run",
              "sefaria_jewish_library"
          ],
          "env": {
            "PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8" 
          }
      }
  }
}

Advanced Usage

The server functions provided through the MCP interface are as follows:

get_text

Retrieve specific Jewish texts by reference.

Example:

reference: "Genesis 1:1"
reference: "שמות פרק ב פסוק ג"
reference: "משנה ברכות פרק א משנה א"

get_commentaries

Retrieve a list of commentaries for a specific text by reference.

Example:

reference: "Genesis 1:1"
reference: "שמות פרק ב פ斯וק ג"
reference: "משנה ברכות פרק א משנה א"

🔧 Technical Details

This project uses:

• MCP SDK to implement the server.
• Sefaria API to access Jewish texts.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.10
• MCP SDK >= 1.1.1
• Sefaria API

📄 License

MIT License