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Bot Use Case of the Week: Sam's Claude-Built Torah App
Clip from the full recording, 37:19–38:58 · download mp4 · watch at this point on YouTube
Sam's high-holidays hack: Claude is 'so good at Judaism' that he built a Bible-Talmud-history study agent with daily Torah-portion emails — torah.wlessin.com, free, and rabbi-approved by people who know far more than he does.
Jess cashes in Sam’s Talmud references for the segment: his ‘app Jewish combo.’ Sam’s report: Claude is ‘so good at Judaism’ it’s wild — it won’t tell him who’s Jewish and won’t help distribute his Jewish apps (that’s Grok’s job), but it will build them. For the high holy days he wove Bible, Talmud and history into a conversational study agent that sends a daily email — what’s the Torah portion, what will Sam specifically find interesting in it, what are the big debates, how does it relate to themes like religion disconnected from land. He’s sent it to people who know far more about religion than he does and they come back asking for its sources. Free for the community at torah.wlessin.com — Brit’s blessing: ‘God wants everyone to have it. This is evangelism.’
Key points
- Claude's Judaism paradox per Sam: won't say who's Jewish, won't distribute the apps — but builds a phenomenal one ('I need Grok to distribute them').
- The app: Bible + Talmud + history woven into a chat agent, plus a personalized daily Torah-portion email with the big debates.
- Quality check: friends who actually know religion ask 'what are the sources on this?'
- Live and free at torah.wlessin.com — 'just for the community.'
Where they landed
Quotes
“Claude is so good at Judaism. It's wild.”— Sam
“It won't help me distribute my Jewish apps, but it'll help me build them. I need Grok to distribute them.”— Sam
“God wants everyone to have it. This is evangelism.”— Brit
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