The Zohar

The Zohar App update is great, it now reads the Aramaic but skips over the English. I would like an option to hear the English as well.

Translating a work as intimidating as the Zohar is an intimidating task, and there is no perfect way to do it. But I find this translation to be particularly lacking. Berg translates Aramaic technical-theological terms according to his own idiosyncratic interpretations, which frequently differ from the vast majority of Jewish kabbalists. Furthermore, the text interweaves translation and exegesis in a way that is only sometimes clearly demarcated and in al cases intrusive. Readers with no training in Aramaic will be unequipped to correctly distinguish between which parts of the text are original to the Zohar and which are Berg’s interpolations, and those who have training in traditional kabbaistic traditions will find many translation decisions unusual and confusing. This is still the most accessible English translation of the Zohar available for free to the public, but that is more a testament to the generally poor quality of other free translations than to the merits of this translation. Interested readers willing to part ways with no small chunk of change should instead invest in a set of Daniel Matt’s academic translation of the Zohar published for the Pritzker Edition. Hopefully some day Sefaria will get the rights to distribute that translation and readers will no longer rely on the Kabbalah Center for a competent and easily accessible English translation. Translation aside, the audio is excellent, and is the main reason I will be keeping this app. The reading is fluent, crisp, and captures well the Zohar’s musical and rhythmic qualities. Even when I dislike the translation, the Aramaic oration is very beautifully performed and deserves high praise. The user interface is inviting, pleasant, and easy to navigate.

The fact that the kabbalah center put the zohar in an app like this for us to be able to have the zohar so handy its amazing!!!

I think that this should be translate in Spanish, since is another language that is spoken here in the US it should be Hebrew, English and Spanish. Please do it as soon as possible. Thank you very much.

A complete make up of the app .now you can follow a voice reader , that is a added to each and every one of the verses .

You have removed certain sections……like the one for righteousness souls

Zohar connection available anytime

B”H this app is so important to me. I recommend it for anyone who wants to make their Spiritual work exciting, beautiful and fulfilling!

the alarm function was the first review. This is a “set it and forget it” app. Barring some c”v accident, there is no excuse for not caring about a perhaps a minor functionality - ironically on an app covering the ZOHAR? If this represents the level of concern, it makes one wonder whether all is what it seems…

Apparently this was a problem before; still is. I have Iphone6, maybe that's it...