mcp-sefaria-server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Jewish texts from the Sefaria library. This server enables Large Language Models to retrieve and reference Jewish texts through a standardized interface.

• Retrieve Jewish texts by reference
• Retrieve commentaries on a given text
• Search the Jewish library for a query

Requires Python 3.10 or higher.

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

The server can be run directly:

uv --directory path/to/directory run sefaria_jewish_library

Or through an MCP client that supports the Model Context Protocol. for claude desktop app and cline you should use the following config:

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

To install Sefaria Jewish Library for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

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

The server provides the following tools through the MCP interface:

Retrieves a specific Jewish text by its reference.

Example:

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

Retrieves a list of commentaries for a given text.

Example:

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

Searches for Jewish texts in the Sefaria library based on a query.

Example:

query: "moshiach"
slop: 1
filters: ["Talmud", "Bavli"]
size: 5

This project uses:

• MCP SDK for server implementation
• Sefaria API for accessing Jewish texts

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

MIT License