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Jewish books built for serious learning.
Torah2Go Press publishes thoughtfully edited and designed Jewish educational books, workbooks and learning series.
Our publications bring together Torah scholarship, educational structure, Hebrew and bilingual composition, disciplined typography and rigorous production.
Jewish books are not ordinary books.
Hebrew directionality, nikud and ta’amim, source texts, translations, commentaries, transliteration and English typography all have to work together without getting in the reader’s way.
Educational books add another requirement: the material must not only be accurate. It must be structured so the learner can actually use it.
Torah2Go Press was built around those demands. Editorial, educational, typographic and production decisions are made as one publishing system rather than as separate services.
A growing library for Jewish learning.
The Jewish Kids Learning Club series is developed and published by Torah2Go Press, bringing our editorial, educational, Hebrew-composition and production standards together across a unified learning library.
בית Jewish Kids Learning Club
Hebrew On-Ramp
Writing · Reading · Translating
Ḥumash
The Weekly Parasha
Nevi’im
From Conquest to Exile
Mishna
A Torah2Go Learning Workbook
Sefer Tehillim
The Psalms of Our Prayers
One publishing system from manuscript to press.
Our books are developed through a controlled editorial and production workflow designed for complex Jewish educational material.
Shape the material
Structure, language, sources and learning hierarchy are resolved before full page production begins.
Build the page system
Hebrew, English, nikud, ta’amim, commentary, worksheets and recurring structures are composed as one system.
Control the revisions
Content and layout move through defined proofing stages with corrections applied to one controlled master.
Prepare for print
Final files are checked as publications, not merely pages, before the approved edition moves into production.
The typography should disappear. The Torah shouldn’t.
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Readable before decorative Typography, hierarchy and spacing serve the reader before they serve the design.
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Hebrew-native composition RTL and LTR text, nikud, ta’amim, commentaries and translations are designed to coexist intentionally.
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Educational structure Page architecture reflects how material is learned, reviewed and navigated — not only how it looks.
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Controlled production Approved revisions are carried through one master publication rather than patched into individual PDFs.
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Source-conscious publishing Textual sources, attribution, licensing and sacred-text considerations are treated as publishing requirements.
We are a publisher, not a general production service.
Torah2Go Press occasionally considers outside manuscripts and educational publishing projects that closely align with our editorial focus and publishing standards.
We do not operate as a general book-design, typesetting or production vendor. Outside projects are accepted selectively and typically involve substantial editorial, composition and production work.
Publishing inquiries may be sent to press@torah2go.org.
Production resources.
For authors, editors and proofreaders working on an active Torah2Go Press publication. Precise PDF comments keep corrections clear, traceable and tied to the controlled master.
Reference
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Open the full proofing instructions
Marking up a PDF proof
Five essentials Comment, don’t edit. Mark exactly what changes.
- Use PDF comments only. Do not directly edit the visible proof; approved corrections are applied to the master publication.
- Replace, insert and delete are different instructions. Use the markup that matches the correction.
- Select only the letters, punctuation and spaces that belong to the change.
- Type the exact final wording you want. Avoid explanatory text inside replacement wording.
- Before returning a proof, make sure every comment represents a final correction or is clearly labeled as a question.
File setup Work from the supplied PDF and preserve its revision number.
- Download the supplied proof and open it in a desktop PDF reader with commenting tools.
- Save a working copy with your initials appended to the existing filename.
- Do not create a new revision number yourself. The revision number identifies the underlying proof.
- Make one test correction before reviewing the full book and confirm that it appears in the Comments panel.
Delete Select exactly what should disappear.
- Use the delete or strikethrough markup.
- When deleting a whole word, include one adjacent space if necessary so a double space is not left behind.
- When deleting a single letter or punctuation mark, do not include an unrelated space.
- To join two words, mark only the space between them for deletion.
Replace Select the old text and type only the final replacement.
- Select the exact text to be replaced.
- Type only the corrected wording — not “replace with” or other instructions.
- Capitalization changes and word transpositions should also be marked as replacements.
- Watch for accidental spaces or paragraph returns when pasting replacement text.
Insert Place the insertion point exactly where the new text belongs.
- Use an insert-text comment at the exact position where the new material belongs.
- Include required spaces in the inserted text.
- Insert the actual punctuation mark, accent or character required rather than describing it.
Formatting Attach a clear styling instruction to the exact text affected.
- For bold, italic, roman, small caps or similar changes, select the text and attach a note stating the required style.
- Never replace a word with the word “bold” or “italic.” That can be interpreted as replacement text.
- When referring to a heading style, point to an existing example whenever possible.
Headings & paragraphs Refer to an existing example rather than internal style names.
- Instead of terms such as “A-head” or “B-head,” say something like “match the heading ‘Early Years’ on page 24.”
- For a new heading, insert the heading wording and add a separate styling note.
- If a running head needs shortened wording, attach the exact replacement wording to the relevant chapter heading.
Footnotes Keep automated reference marks separate from surrounding text changes.
- Do not retype an existing footnote number as ordinary text.
- When rewriting around a reference mark, make separate corrections on either side when needed.
- To delete a footnote, identify the reference and note clearly that the corresponding footnote is to be removed.
- To add a footnote, place an insertion comment at the correct point and provide the complete note text. Do not number it manually.
Images Identify the image and give measurable instructions.
- Attach the comment directly to the relevant image whenever possible.
- Give specific sizing or grouping instructions rather than “make this bigger.”
- If a crop is required, identify which portion should remain visible.
- Low-resolution source images cannot gain detail simply by being enlarged.
Review & return Return one clear set of final decisions.
- Resolve internal discussion before returning the file whenever possible.
- Clearly identify genuine open questions as queries rather than corrections.
- Review the beginning and end of each selection, nearby spaces, punctuation and footnote marks.
- If a markup is wrong, delete it and create the correction again rather than layering conflicting comments.
- Save and reopen the final commented PDF before sending it back.
Proofreading stages
Why two stages First approve content; then check the stabilized page layout.
- Early proofing focuses on text, structure, content and substantive corrections.
- Final layout work adjusts page breaks, spacing, facing pages, notes and image placement.
- Major rewriting should therefore be completed before final page balancing.
- Real errors found late should still be reported; the goal is simply to avoid unnecessary re-pagination.
Content proof Check the material itself before final page balancing.
- Text: spelling, facts, missing text, duplicated text and placeholders.
- Structure: headings, lists, quotations, emphasis and section order.
- Contents and running heads: wording, order and hierarchy. Final page numbers come later.
- Notes: confirm each reference points to the intended note.
- Images: correct image, caption, credit and crop.
- Tables: headings, values, units and totals.
- Special characters: Hebrew, accents, punctuation, symbols and any missing glyphs.
- Front and back matter: title page, copyright material, appendices, glossary and other required sections.
- Confirm that corrections from the previous round have been applied before approving the content proof.
Final layout proof Check pagination, breaks, placement and visual consistency.
- Check the contents and any lists against final page numbers.
- Check running heads and page numbers for correct placement and sequence.
- Confirm footnotes appear with the relevant material and have no awkward splits.
- Check references such as “above,” “below,” “opposite” or specific page numbers against the final layout.
- Look for stranded headings, awkward final pages, isolated lines and poor page breaks.
- Check final placement and cropping of images and tables.
- Review the book as facing pages rather than only as isolated pages.
- Final approval applies to the exact proof revision being reviewed.
Hebrew & foreign words Flag undesirable line breaks rather than rewriting correct words.
- If a correctly spelled Hebrew, transliterated or foreign word breaks badly across lines, identify the word and the preferred break point.
- If a term should never break, mark it “Do not hyphenate.”
- Avoid line breaks in names, capitalized terms and already-hyphenated expressions where practical.
- Recheck affected paragraphs in the next proof, since changing one line break can change nearby line endings.