Chayenu
A digital platform for a weekly Torah study publication — reaching 30,000+ readers across 35 countries.
Overview
Chayenu has trusted Gorin Systems to build — and rebuild — its digital platform for the better part of a decade. It began in 2009 as a weekly print Torah-study magazine, now read by 30,000+ people across 35 countries. Our job has been to carry that same daily ritual onto a phone, a tablet, and the web — and to keep rebuilding it as the audience and the technology grow.
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The Chumash section is dedicated in loving memory of
Rabbi Sholom DovBer Lipskar ע״ה
We love you and miss you dearly
Dedicated by David & Eda Schottenstein שיחיו
Daily Synopsis: Some of the Jews began to complain. One of their complaints was being unsatisfied with the Manna. They missed the food from Egypt. Moshe gets frustrated. G‑d tells him to appoint 70 elders to assist him in leading the people. G‑d promises the people meat to meet their desires.
Signals to Journey, continued
וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָאָרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה קוּמָה יְהֹוָה וְיָפֻצוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ וְיָנֻסוּ מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ
35. It was, whenever the ark traveled, then Moshe would say, ‘Stop, O Eternal. May Your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate You flee from before You.’
וּבְנֻחֹה יֹאמַר שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה רִבֲבֹת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
36. And when it came to rest he would say, ‘Rest, O Eternal, among the tens of thousands and thousands of Yisrael.’
Built for studying, not just reading
The first Chayenu app did one thing well: it put the weekly magazine on your phone. But over the years Chayenu had grown into much more than a magazine — a website, a library of online classes, years of Torah content — and each piece lived on its own. In 2026, we brought it together into one platform, rebuilt on a modern stack, that works the same whether you open it on your phone or in a browser.
What that looks like:
- One reader, everywhere. The same study experience on iOS, Android, and the web — your place in the learning follows you between them.
- A full study library. Chumash with Rashi, Tehillim, Tanya, the 1- and 3-chapter Rambam, Talmud, Daf Yomi, Hayom Yom, Gate of Trust — side by side in Hebrew and English, each section with its own look.
- AI Shaimos. When sacred texts wear out, they can't simply be thrown away — they have to be handled properly. Chayenu lets people mail theirs in, and instead of guessing the package weight, you photograph the box and an AI model estimates the weight and generates the right shipping label.
- A custom store and a built-in referral system.
Challenges
Most of Chayenu's content doesn't arrive as clean digital text. It comes from dozens of publishers and source books, each stored its own way. Before a single screen could be designed, all of it had to be pulled apart, normalized, and rebuilt into one consistent structure — then handed to Chayenu's own staff through a tool that lets them manage and update it without a developer in the loop.
Building the app was the visible half. This was the other half.
A partnership, not a project
Plenty of shops build a product and move on. We've kept rebuilding Chayenu's — and adding to it — for the better part of a decade.
- 2009 — Chayenu launches in print.
- 2016 — the first Chayenu app ships on iOS and Android, built in Ionic.
- 2020 — a ground-up app rebuild, plus a new Talmud section with Steinsaltz commentary.
- 2021 — Daf Yomi added.
- 2022 — dark mode and Gate of Trust; the app moves to Flutter.
- 2026 — the full unification: app, web, and content on one platform (Next.js + React Native).
Each step kept the daily ritual intact while the platform beneath it changed. That's the difference between a vendor and a partner.
Tech Stack
The results
30,000+ daily readers across 35 countries
In print and digital
One platform across iOS, Android, and web
From a single shared reader
Multiple daily study cycles
Including the 1- and 3-chapter Rambam
A staff content tool
That cut manual editorial work
What our customers say
Moshe and his team developed our Chayenu app from concept to production. He worked closely with our team to convert our print magazine to digital and developed an intuitive interface for the app itself.
Yossi Pels
Executive Director - Chayenu
