Term of Use

1. The purpose of the application

The application "Hebrew Bible Study" (hereinafter: " the application , or “ the App )") is intended for learning, research and reference purposes. The application makes biblical texts and commentaries accessible to users.

The App’s owner may change and/or add areas of practice and/or services at his discretion.

The terms of use apply to the App and to any other service related to it, including pages on social networks, websites, etc.


2. Definitions

The user: any person and/or legal entity that uses the App.

The App: Hebrew Bible Study App and/or the application's website whose domain address is: www.hebrewbible.app

The owner and/or the service provider: Cohen Apps,  whose email address is [email protected]

Terms of use: This document on all its instructions and sections. It will be clarified that these regulations apply both to the use of the application and to the use of the application's website.


3. General

  1. The headings in this document are for convenience only and will not be used to interpret the Agreement.

  2. These terms of use include, among other things, instructions regarding privacy and instructions copyright and intellectual property. Please read this document carefully before using the application.

  3. The user agrees, in the act of downloading the application and/or installing it on his device and/or using it, to all the terms and conditions. If the user does not fully and/or partially agree to the regulations, he must avoid any use of the application.

  4. The owner of the application transfers to the user a license, neither unique nor exclusive, to download the application to the device he uses, and to use it - exclusively in accordance with the regulations.

  5. The user declares that he/she is over the age of 18, and if he/she is under the age of 18, then declares that the use of the application is made with the consent of the person responsible for it as required by law.

  6. The terms of use are worded in male form for convenience, but are aimed at both sexes. In this documents singular also means plural.

  7. The terms of use apply to any use of the application, by any means and/or device whatsoever and in any geographic location.


4. Terms of privacy

  1. The owner of the application respects the privacy of the users and acts according to all laws. To read the full privacy policy, please go to the privacy policy page.


5. Intellectual property

  1. The intellectual property in the application - including but not limited to - trademarks, copyrights, models and/or designs, logos, databases, texts, images, videos, sound clips, images, trade secrets and/or any other intellectual property , belong to the owner of the application, and/or to a third party who allowed their use or presentation. This is unless otherwise stated. If you detect a violation, please contact us at [email protected] and the owner of the app will settle the matter within a reasonable time of receiving the reference.

  2. Users undertake not to use the name of the application and/or the software in any way that can mislead, harm the reputation, create plagiarism, or in any other way that can cause any damage to the App, the owner of the application and/or to a third party.

  3. The application may include hyperlinks that refer to external websites and/or applications (hereinafter 'external websites ') that are not owned by the owner of the application and are not under his control. The intellectual property on external websites is owned by a third party and the owner of the application has no right in them. The embedment of the links in the application do not allow, or approve any action in relation to intellectual property assets on the external sites. If you found the external websites to be offensive or violating the law, please let the app owner know as soon as possible at [email protected].

  4. In addition, advertisements may appear in the application originating from companies and/or businesses that are not owned and/or under the responsibility of the owner of the application. The owner of the application has no responsibility regarding the content of these advertisements. If you come across an offensive ad and/or an ad that violates the law, please contact the owner of the app at [email protected].

  5. Users undertake do not make any use of the work that appears in the application, without obtaining permission in advance.

  6. Users generated content - the application allows users to post content and/or works. A user who publishes content and/or works in the application hereby grants the owner of the application an irrevocable license, which is not limited in time and/or is not limited in geographical location, to perform the following actions in the content and/or in the work - copy them, make them available to the public, create a derivative work from them, publish them. In addition, the owner of the application may use the contents and/or his creation that are uploaded to the application for research, study and control purposes.

  7. The user waives his right to receive credit for the work he published in the application

  8. The owner of the application will do his best to give attribution to the creators and publishers of the content as is customary, but failure to give credit will not be considered a violation of these terms and conditions and/or a violation of copyright according to law.


6. Use of the application

General

The user can make certain uses of the application, in a limited way, for free and at no cost. The user may connect and use the application by logging in using a Google or Apple account, and will then receive access to additional content and services.

The owner of the application may at any time, at his discretion, change the methods and scope of use and/or registration to the application, including the free and/or paid access options.

Paid users will get access to the full range of applications in the app, depending on the subscription they signed up for.

The user may purchase a renewable subscription as follows:

Purchase method and process:

    1. The user will select the type of subscription he is interested in.

    2. Purchase will be possible using Google Pay or Apple Pay (hereinafter "the mobile store")

    3. The user will enter contact information and/or credit information as required by the mobile store.

    4. The subscription will come into effect after the approval of the purchase on behalf of the mobile store

    5. The owner of the application may periodically update the application. The owner of the application will notify users in advance of updated rates, and how they must approve the continued use of the application in light of the changes.

    6. As long as the user has not canceled the subscription, his registration will be renewed automatically at the end of the subscription period, and he will be charged according to the terms of the subscription.

    7. The user undertakes to enter correct and accurate personal details.


7. Cancellation of application registration

  1. Canceling a subscription in a Google account - You can cancel a subscription using the settings in the Play Store, or by contacting the owner of the application at the address [email protected].
  2. Canceling a subscription to an Apple account – is done by canceling future billing in the device settings.
  3. Effective date of cancellation : For all subscribers, cancellation of registration will take effect on the last day before the next billing date, and from this date the user will not be charged.
  4. Refunds - Payments made to the owner of the application, before the cancellation date will not be returned to the purchaser of the subscription.
  5. For questions and inquiries regarding cancellations and refunds, please contact the owner of the application via [email protected] and he will examine your request and respond within a reasonable time


8. Cancellation of application registration

  1. The owner of the application and/or anyone on his behalf is not responsible for any damage, monetary and/or other, that may be caused to the user as a result of using the application.
  2. Each user of the application does so at his own risk, and must take the necessary care under the circumstances.
  3. The owner of the application may publish articles,  opinions, reviews, etc. in the application from time to time. (hereinafter " Publications "). 
    The content of the publications represents the owner of the application only and is intended for review and enrichment purposes only. Publications should not be considered professional advice and/or recommendation, and/or guidance. Errors and/or inaccuracies may occur, and/or a situation where the content of the publication will not be current. The owner of the application will not be held responsible for any damage that may be caused to the user due to reliance on what is stated in the publication, and will not be liable to the user for such reliance.
  4. If a user of the application finds content offensive, and/or such that may cause any damage, he must contact the owner of the application with a request to remove the content. The owner of the application will examine the request and consider the removal of the contents at his discretion.
  5. The application is stored on a server which is secured by an external company. The owner of the application is not responsible for any damage caused as a result of external hacking - among other things - due to the distribution/sale of information as a result of hacking, disruption of information, infringement of copyright or other intellectual property, or any other damage caused as a result of tampering with the application and its contents.
  6. The owner of the application is not responsible for the content of external ads (images/links) that may appear/be integrated into the application, or for the content/information that appears on the websites to which the links lead. The owner of the application is not responsible for checking and/or supervising the content on the websites to which the links refer.
  7. If you come across an offensive ad and/or link that refers to an external website, please notify the owner of the application at the link [email protected].
  8. As part of the application, you can present questions and receive answers using an artificial intelligence system (hereinafter " the system "). The system is called "Rabbi Ari". The answers that are received from the system are given on the basis of information that is available throughout the Internet as well as information that is concentrated in the application.
    1. It is hereby clarified that there is no guarantee that the answers given by the system will be accurate and/or correct. It is the user's responsibility to verify whether the answers provided by the system are accurate and/or current.
    2. Users should not rely in any way on the answers given by the system.
      The answers provided by the system are not a substitute and do not come in place of professional advice and/or medical consultation and/or religious consultation and/or any other consultation - and should not be treated as such.
    3. The user will be exclusively and uniquely responsible for any physical and/or mental damage and/or loss, financial or otherwise, may be caused to him as a result of relying on the system. The user will not have any right to claim against the owner of the application in any matter related to the use of the system.
    4. The owner of the application does his best to maintain and ensure that the application operates legally and is not offensive in any way.
    5. If you found that the system gave an offensive and/or racist and/or inappropriate and/or incorrect answer, please contact the owner of the application, who will clarify the matter. [email protected]


9. Availability of the application

  1. The owner of the application does his best to ensure that it operates properly and continuously. Nevertheless, there is no commitment that it will work at all times. There may be disruptions in availability/viewing/browsing, which may be due, among other things, to updates and/or infrastructure works, and/or malfunctions in the user's personal device, and/or because of his Internet provider, an external server, or due to malfunctions in his browsing infrastructure. There may also be malfunctions resulting from the application's storage service, such as hacking or other factors. The owner of the application will try to notify in advance of planned interruptions in use, but is not obligated to do so.
  2. The owner of the application reserves the right, at his discretion, to stop and/or change the mode of operation of the application, and/or to change these terms and conditions. The owner of the application will not be liable to any third party for any monetary or other damage , which may be caused to him as a result of stopping the operation of the application and/or changing the way it is operated.
  3. Also, part of the application's activity is based on external-third party platforms, and there is no commitment that it will work at all times, and therefore certain applications/services in the application may be damaged as a result of the activity of the external platforms.
  4. The owner of the application reserves, at his discretion, the right to prevent and/or limit any user from using the App without any notice. Restriction and/or prevention of use will be taken against any user who violates one and/or more of the provisions of the terms of use of the application. The owner of the application will not be responsible for any damage, monetary or other, which may be caused to the user as a result of limiting and/or preventing his ability to use the application.
  5. It is the sole responsibility of the user to ensure that the device he owns and its operating system are appropriate and suitable for running the application. It is hereby clarified that the owner of the application is not responsible and does not guarantee that the application will work on any device.


10. Contacting and availability of the application owner

You can contact the app owner in the following ways: [email protected]

The owner of the application will make an effort to respond to inquiries no later than 5 business days from the date of receipt of the inquiry.


11. Prohibited uses

  1. User shall not perform any action directly or by a third party, which may damage the application, and/or its browsing availability, and/or the content presented in it, and/or disrupt its operation. User undertakes to not use software code and/or any other electronic/digital and/or automatic operation, including - a virus and/or a 'worm' and/or a 'bot' for the purpose of damaging the application.
  2. User undertakes to not perform any action in the application that has the purpose of reverse assembly, and/or action that aims to reveal the application code and/or other components therein. User undertake to not perform actions in the application designed to discover the source code for the purpose of competing in the application's activity.
  3. User undertakes to  not perform in the application any operation aimed at collecting and/or extracting data from the application, with the exception of operations that are normal and acceptable use of the application.
  4. The application is intended for personal, non-commercial use only. The user and/or third party must not perform any action that is intended to use the content of the application for a commercial purpose and/or any other purpose. In this section "content of the application" – text content, images, designs, graphics, video clips and/or sound and/or personal details of the users, statistical information about the users' activity, software code.
  5. The user undertakes not to make any use that is illegal, and/or that is contrary to the terms of use of the application.
  6. User undertakes to not make any use of the application that may infringe the rights of a third party, and/or  make use that may cause wrongdoing and/or violation against a third party.
  7. Without derogating from the aforementioned in the other sections of the regulations, the owner of the application reserves the right to block a user and/or limit his access immediately, to one and/or more of the services of the application, in the event that the user has violated one and/or more of the provisions of these regulations.


12. User responsibility

The user alone is responsible for any damage caused as a result of a violation of the regulations, and he will indemnify the owner of the application for any financial or other damage caused as a result of a violation of the regulations, including legal and/or other expenses that will be related to the violation of the terms of service.


13. Updates and changes

  1. The owner of the application reserves the right to update and/or change from time to time and as necessary the application terms and conditions.

    The owner of the application will send users a message regarding expected updates and/or substantial changes to the application, and they will be asked to confirm continued use of the application while agreeing to the updates or changes.

    The validity of the changes will be from the date specified as the start date, and they will bind the users from this date.

  2. The owner of the application may at any time update and/or change the structure of the application and/or software. This includes a change in the services offered in the application and/or its terms of operation.


14. Validity of the application terms of service

The terms of service will be in effect from the date of start of using the application on the user's device, until the following date:


15. Jurisdiction

The law applicable to any dispute regarding these terms of service shall be Israeli law and the exclusive and exclusive jurisdiction in all matters relating to these terms of use shall be to a court having jurisdiction in Jerusalem, Israel.

This regulation constitutes a protected work and as such is protected by copyright law. It is prohibited to copy, publish, and/or make any use without permission from the owner of the application.


Last update date: June 2023