Version131
- Added Shmiras Halashon Yomi by default to existing saved sedarim, including Google-synced preferences and older backups, while preserving later opt-outs, order, and learning history.
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Every saved version of Seder Hayom, newest first. Times are shown in Eastern Time.
Version130
- Added Shmiras Halashon Yomi: daily Sefer Chofetz Chaim assignments, text, completion tracking, sharing, print, offline downloads, and playlists.
- Added Rabbi Bentzy Rosenberg’s audio series, matched by studied sections across regular and leap-year schedules, with continuation parts and runtimes.
Version129
- Made partial spelling aliases such as shabbo, shmu, and mela work in assignment search and the masechet picker without loosening exact shiur matching.
Version128
- Added Complete and next with Undo, following the saved seder order.
- Added playlist reordering and removal, with edited order preserved in shared links.
- Made catch-up plans actionable, with dated completion and sessions balanced by verified shiur runtimes.
- Added account sync status and last-sync time, verified offline downloads with retry, and recent-learning search shortcuts with keyboard navigation.
Version127
- Prevented hosting transforms on the isolated iOS icon test page so it can be compared without injected scripts. The Home Screen issue remains under investigation.
Version126
- Added a script-free, noindex icon test page to isolate the unresolved iOS Home Screen preview issue without changing existing learning data or icon artwork.
Version125
- Added the standard precomposed Apple icon and ICO favicon requested by iOS’s icon-fetching service, replacing missing-file responses with the existing bookshelf artwork.
Version124
- Exported an opaque 180-pixel Apple Home Screen icon from the existing bookshelf artwork, with a fresh filename and matching standard fallback.
Version123
- Added a PNG browser-icon fallback alongside the bookshelf SVG, kept all icon and manifest links on the installed site’s origin, and refreshed manifest icon URLs for mobile installation.
Version122
- Made the Apple Home Screen icon use the installed site’s own address, added Apple’s standard icon fallback filename, and refreshed the icon URL while preserving the bookshelf artwork.
Version121
- Removed the video suffix from Rabbi Shmuel Silber’s English and Hebrew teacher labels without changing video playback.
Version120
- Added Rabbi Shmuel Silber’s full-length Daf Yomi videos, matched to the exact daf from his official series, to the teacher selector and shareable playlists with runtime and playback resume.
- Refreshed social link previews with the current bookshelf logo and an angled screenshot of the daily-learning interface, replacing the old dashboard image and introducing a fresh image URL.
Version119
- Updated the browser favicon to a crisp bookshelf mark matching the site logo, with a fresh asset URL for cached tabs.
- Renamed shiur queues to playlists throughout navigation, dialogs, shared pages, and sharing controls while preserving existing links.
- Matched sidebar tools to the sidebar background across reading themes and removed the duplicate Compact overview controls.
Version118
- Added optional Google sign-in in Settings with automatic cross-device sync for learning preferences, completed assignments, and notes.
- Preserved local learning when signed out or offline, merged offline changes safely, and required explicit approval before combining another account’s device data.
- Kept private backup export/import and all legacy encrypted backups intact; Google access is limited to basic identity, not Gmail or Drive.
Version117
- Replaced the boy-and-sefer logo with the selected bookshelf design across the site, printable layouts, and app icons, preserving theme-aware colors.
- Removed recovery-key encrypted cloud sync while keeping local learning history, notes, and backup import/export.
- Renamed My Seder to Settings.
- Corrected the overview progress strip and Shnayim Mikra section-heading colors in dark mode.
- Removed focused-passage ribbons and the toolbar while preserving passage links, reading-position resume, and regular notes.
- Added a daily-schedule graphic preview with WhatsApp Status, Facebook, X, image download, and dated-link controls.
- Added /shul as a direct entry to the community display board.
- Accepted 1/2 and I/II with Shmuel, Samuel, Melachim, and Kings in shared learning-search matching.
Version116
- Added Rabbi Zecharia Resnik’s Quick Mishnah series to Mishnah Yomit teacher choices and shared queues.
- Accepted Shabbos and Shmuel in assignment searches and learning-item selectors, alongside Shabbat and Samuel.
- Recovered English text when a saved translation edition is unavailable for the selected book, with a visible default-edition notice.
- Corrected evening-theme selection colors, control surfaces, icons, focus indicators, and secondary panels while keeping print layouts light.
Version115
- Resolved the actual daily Mishnah Berurah assignment in the queue preview and shared queue learning cards, including selected future dates.
- Sorted nearby assignment search results chronologically and identified assignments in the current learning cycle.
- Accelerated assignment searches by omitting formatted daily headings from the calendar index, reusing a bounded index between queries, and caching recent searches.
- Preserved every paragraph across both amudim of a Bavli daf and prevented repeated alignment identifiers from silently dropping text in any learning cycle.
- Made learning-item masechta and book selectors searchable by partial English or Hebrew names, with keyboard selection.
Version114
- Centered the date picker beneath the selected date and replaced the previous/next graphics with clean directional arrows.
- Added current-cycle learning-item navigation for Daf Yomi, Mishnah Yomit, Nach Yomi, Yerushalmi Yomi, and Kitzur, with Hebrew labels and valid chapter, mishnah, and se’if choices.
- Moved the shiur queue into a centered, scrollable modal with date and assignment details, Escape/X closing, keyboard focus containment, and mobile sizing.
- Added a saved Adar II track choice in My Seder: agricultural laws from the Blum appendix (A), or berachos and tefillah review (B), with accurate supplementary labels and source links across learning, printing, sharing, and calendars.
- Highlighted Listen when selected and pinned the date in shared lesson and passage links so assignments remain correct after midnight.
Version113
- Added a text-first study layout with a bounded side player on desktop and an expandable video player on phones.
- Simplified lesson controls to Read, Listen, and More, and added mobile Today, My Seder, and Queue navigation.
- Added a compact date bar with on-demand Hebrew and Gregorian selection, plus header quick search with Control/Command-K.
- Added Continue learning with saved passage, reading position, and shiur playback progress, including queue playback.
- Added white, warm-paper, and evening reading backgrounds, plus focused bilingual passages with private notes.
- Added queue remaining time, a compact Now playing summary, and whole-shiur time budgets that keep multipart lessons together.
- Added previews of the real full-learning, daily, weekly, and exact 2-inch-by-6-inch bookmark print layouts before printing or saving a PDF.
Version112
- Made the shiur mini-player an explicit choice instead of automatically moving it on scroll, and replaced its reserved blank area with a compact return control while preserving playback.
- Reduced font sizes and spacing across the header, daily-learning sidebar, date navigation, and lesson controls; tightened reading typography while preserving adjustable text size and mobile touch targets.
Version111
- Fixed shiur videos to fill their proportional frames without extra blank space.
- Removed the assignment finder’s year field and added nearby-year results, sorted by proximity to today, with exact page-number matching.
- Moved cycle removal and saved reordering into Today’s learning Edit/Done controls, including touch-friendly up/down buttons, and removed the old card drag handles and instruction.
- Changed My Seder settings into a scrollable overlay with keyboard focus, Escape, and backdrop closing.
- Updated content, daily, weekly, and 2-inch-by-6-inch bookmark print styling to match the streamlined reading interface.
Version110
- Redesigned daily learning as a focused reading desk with an assignment sidebar, compact date controls, and aligned Hebrew and English texts.
- Added direct text-size and shiur controls, kept completion available on mobile and in focus mode, and simplified secondary tools.
- Updated the queue, settings, and print-format controls while preserving existing calendars, teachers, personal preferences, sharing, and all four print layouts.
Version109
- Reserved space for shiur players and selectors while loading to reduce layout shifts.
- Improved source-link contrast and added a localized accessible name to learning progress.
- Deferred collapsed learning texts and the Mishnah Berurah PDF until opened, while preserving loaded text for printing and reopening.
Version108
- Fixed font loading by serving the site's typefaces from valid local asset URLs instead of broken filesystem paths.
- Removed eight unsuccessful font preload requests from the initial page response.
Version107
- Added a full learning-text card directly to shared queue pages.
- Made each queue selection switch the displayed Hebrew and English text to the selected shiur, including the daily Mishnah Berurah PDF.
Version106
- Placed each shiur runtime on the same row as its rabbi and assignment in the pull-out queue while keeping the learning-cycle label above.
Version105
- Added the runtime of every available shiur and the combined runtime of the full queue.
- Made queue selections close the drawer, open the matching learning card, and reveal its full text.
Version104
- Replaced the right-gutter shiur queue with a compact pull-out drawer fixed to the right edge of the site.
- Kept the learning cards at full width on every screen size and made the queue drawer accessible by keyboard using a native disclosure control.
Version103
- Made the right-gutter shiur queue substantially more compact so it fits beside the unchanged learning-card grid on narrower desktop screens.
- Kept the full queue controls, media player, lesson list, and responsive stacked fallback.
Version102
- Restored the daily learning cards to their original full-width two-column layout.
- Moved the complete shiur queue into the right gutter on wide screens, with a full-width stacked fallback when the gutter is not large enough.
Version101
- Moved the complete shiur queue into a sticky right-hand sidebar beside the daily learning cards on desktop.
- Kept the queue full-width above the learning cards on smaller screens and preserved the dedicated shared-queue page layout.
Version100
- Removed the queue playback instruction copy and moved the build control to the right side of the queue heading on wider screens.
- Added the learning cycle name to every lesson in the shiur queue, with localized Hebrew labels.
Version99
- Moved the shiur queue out of My Seder settings and into the main daily-learning page.
- Added a dedicated shared-queue page with the selected date, automatic queue playback, and links to every included assignment and source.
- Encoded the complete queue configuration in one compact URL token while preserving shared language and maggid selections and redirecting earlier queue links to the new focused view.
Version98
- Added shareable shiur-queue links that preserve the learning date, selected cycles, and Daf and Mishnah maggidei shiur.
- Shared queue links open My Seder and rebuild the same queue automatically from the current official media sources.
Version97
- Added a persistent compact checklist view for quickly scanning and completing today’s assignments.
- Added a polished daily learning card that can be shared as an image or downloaded as a PNG.
- Added copyable direct links to individual pesukim, mishnayot, se’ifim, and text passages.
- Added a per-cycle Sefaria translation selector limited to available licensed editions from vetted Orthodox publishers and teachers.
Version96
- Made installed PWA copies check the live site version whenever the app opens, regains focus, or returns to the foreground, then refresh automatically when an update is available.
- Forced service-worker update checks past browser caches and made app-shell caching complete reliably before background work ends.
Version95
- Completed installable PWA support with correctly sized app icons, standalone display metadata, and iPhone home-screen settings.
- Updated the offline service worker cache and retained the existing Save this day offline feature for daily texts.
Version94
- Fixed AllDaf Daf Yomi matching for Bechorot by normalizing the OU spelling Bechoros.
- Fixed All Mishnah matching for Oholot by using the official Ohalos spelling, and added a shared -ot/-os fallback for future tractate-name differences.
- Added Mishnah Berurah Yomi siman lookup to the assignment finder using dates from the official archive.
Version93
- Added a holiday-aware Torah reading guide with an Israel/Diaspora switch and matching Shnayim Mikra and calendar-feed assignments.
- Added an autocomplete assignment finder, personal learning history, and searchable passage notes.
- Added a sequential shiur queue, shared playback controls, and a large-screen shul display.
- Added opt-in encrypted cloud sync for manually saving and merging My Seder preferences, completions, and notes across devices, with a private recovery key and a delete-cloud-copy option.
- Kept private JSON export/import as an offline backup and transfer option.
Version92
- Corrected the diaspora Shnayim Mikra calendar to assign Vezot Haberakhah before Simchat Torah instead of skipping ahead to Bereshit during the Sukkot festival Shabbatot.
- Resumed Bereshit assignments on Simchat Torah and clarified the card’s holiday-period heading.
Version91
- Added My Seder cycle selection and a persistent daily completion checklist.
- Added after-sunset Jewish-day guidance, automatic shiur resume, reading preferences, and a distraction-free focus view.
- Added a catch-up planner, selected-cycle calendar subscription, offline day saving, and direct sharing for a day or individual learning cycle.
- Made personalized cycle choices flow through the on-screen cards and every print format.
Version90
- Aligned Hebrew and English Yerushalmi reference headings by keeping passage-only optical spacing off the headings.
Version89
- Fine-tuned the vertical alignment of Hebrew and English first lines and numbered badges in paired learning texts, including Kitzur and Shnayim Mikra.
Version88
- Aligned Hebrew and English verses side by side in Nach and Shnayim Mikra, with matching se'ifim in Kitzur and passages in Yerushalmi.
- Kept later entries aligned even when one translation is missing, including in print and mobile layouts.
Version87
- Prevented older cached learning texts from persisting after site updates by versioning daily text requests.
Version86
- Fixed square missing-glyph characters in the Hebrew text of Chullin 137 and other Sefaria passages containing qamats qatan.
Version85
- Kept keyboard focus inside the print, color, and feedback dialogs and returned it to the opening control when each dialog closed.
- Made custom theme colors readable across on-screen controls and print layouts, including very pale colors.
- Improved narrow-screen touch controls and localized the feedback topics in Hebrew.
- Polished the color picker, print options, and learning-cycle navigation without changing their underlying functions.
Version84
- Fixed a production error during holiday-only Torah-reading weeks.
- Shnayim Mikra now continues with the next regular weekly parashah when Shabbos has a festival reading, beginning with Ha'azinu during Rosh Hashanah week.
Version83
- Corrected the date navigator in Hebrew interface mode so the left button points left and the right button points right for both Gregorian and Hebrew date pickers.
Version82
- Corrected date-navigation arrows in the Hebrew date picker so the right arrow selects the previous day and the left arrow selects the next day.
Version81
- Added a choice between Gregorian and Hebrew date selection while preserving previous-day, next-day, and Return to Today navigation.
- Added synchronized Hebrew day, month, and year controls that respect Hebrew leap years and month lengths.
Version80
- Removed unused starter database, authentication, example, and placeholder asset code after a repository-wide Ponytail audit.
- Standardized the project on npm and removed the duplicate pnpm lockfile and workspace configuration.
- Consolidated repeated HTML text decoding into one shared helper while preserving every learning cycle and published route.
Version79
- Removed the dark top border from the custom color spectrum.
- Added a live RGB Hex readout that updates continuously as the color selection moves.
Version78
- Replaced the three custom-color sliders with a single two-dimensional spectrum picker.
- Added mouse, touch, and keyboard controls across hue and brightness while keeping the picker eyedropper-free.
Version77
- Removed the system color picker and its eyedropper from the site.
- Replaced it with built-in hue, saturation, and brightness sliders that still allow any custom theme color.
Version76
- Fixed the custom color picker so slider changes update the site continuously after sampling a color with the eyedropper.
- Stopped site re-renders from forcing the previously sampled color back into the open system color picker.
- Restored Bookmark to the original browser print and Save as PDF workflow at the user’s request.
- Removed the flattened bookmark download introduced in version 75.
Version75
- Changed Bookmark export to download a pre-flattened PDF instead of opening the browser print dialog.
- Rendered each bookmark as a single 300-DPI image on an exact 2-inch by 6-inch PDF page so Canva cannot rearrange its text or design elements.
- Preserved the selected language, date, learning assignments, theme color, logo, QR code, and completion checkboxes in the flattened file.
Version74
- Made the boy-and-sefer logo inherit the user’s selected site color while preserving its contrasting gold details.
- Applied the theme-aware logo consistently to the website header and every branded print layout.
Version73
- Added a faint, vertically centered completion checkbox at the outer edge of every learning item on printable bookmarks.
- Positioned bookmark checkboxes correctly for both English and right-to-left Hebrew layouts.
Version72
- Reduced the size of the Return to today label for a quieter date-navigation layout.
- Redesigned the color palette control as a polished circular spectrum icon with soft depth and highlight.
Version71
- Replaced the three-color switcher with a compact palette offering six coordinated themes and a custom color picker.
- Extended saved theme colors throughout the site and every print format.
- Changed printable bookmarks to an exact 2-inch by 6-inch page and rebalanced their typography, spacing, logo, QR code, and borders to fit cleanly.
- Tightened the spacing between the date navigator and Return to today while keeping the navigator stationary.
Version70
- Moved Return to today onto a dedicated row beneath the date selector.
- Reserved consistent space for the link so the date navigator remains stationary while moving between dates.
Version69
- Fixed the remaining blurry-video issue by replacing JW Player’s generic 320×180 MP4 fallback with the lesson’s explicit 1080p source.
- Kept the adaptive HLS stream as a fallback when direct high-definition metadata is unavailable.
Version68
- Switched embedded AllDaf and related OU video lessons to their adaptive high-resolution HLS streams instead of preferring lower-quality direct files.
- Added cross-browser adaptive streaming with automatic quality selection and a direct-file fallback if HLS playback is unavailable.
Version67
- Applied the currently selected green, blue, or light-red theme to every print format, including Full Learning, Daily Schedule, Weekly Schedule, and Bookmark.
- Updated printable borders, headings, accents, backgrounds, and footer treatments while preserving print-friendly contrast.
Version66
- Made Control+P and Command+P open the Seder Hayom print-format picker instead of immediately opening the browser’s full-learning print dialog.
Version65
- Consolidated all print formats into one Print button and an accessible format picker.
- Added clear choices for Full Learning, Daily Schedule, Weekly Schedule, and Bookmark.
- Simplified the mobile header while preserving the specialized iOS print behavior for every format.
Version64
- Preloaded the current week’s Mishnah Berurah assignments in the background so Bookmark and Weekly printing usually opens immediately.
- Removed the fixed launch delay from Schedule, Bookmark, and Weekly print modes.
- Restored site interaction and cleared the Preparing state almost immediately after users cancel or leave the print dialog.
Version63
- Kept specialized print modes active while iOS users switch between portrait and landscape in the native print preview.
- Made the weekly schedule request landscape orientation by default through an iOS-compatible print-time page rule.
- Delayed iOS print cleanup until the browser page actually regains focus after the print sheet closes.
Version62
- Fixed iOS Chrome printing so Schedule, Bookmark, and Weekly retain their specialized layouts instead of falling back to the full-text PDF view.
- Applied print modes synchronously, reinforced them at print time, and delayed cleanup until the mobile print preview has captured the selected format.
Version61
- Contained the mobile header within the viewport and made its controls a smooth horizontal swipe strip while keeping the site logo anchored.
- Prevented header overflow from shifting the entire mobile page sideways.
Version60
- Fixed Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz’s Mishnah Yomit lesson lookup by matching both daily mishnayot through All Mishnah metadata, including lessons that cross from one perek to the next.
Version59
- Balanced Hebrew bookmark assignment lines and refined Mishnah Berurah sizing to prevent orphaned final digits.
Version58
- Moved the Hebrew bookmark logo to the left of its title while keeping the complete brand lockup aligned to the right.
Version57
- Reversed external-link arrows throughout the Hebrew interface so they point up and to the left.
Version56
- Placed the Shnayim Mikra citation on a new line after the aliyah number on printable bookmarks.
Version55
- Moved the weekly Shnayim Mikra line break to follow the aliyah number.
- Renamed Saturday to Shabbos in English weekly schedules and ordered Hebrew weekly schedules from right to left.
- Translated every Mishnah Berurah Siman and Seif label into Hebrew and removed all nekudot from Hebrew weekly calendars and bookmarks.
- Corrected Hebrew bookmark column sizing and moved its brand lockup to the right.
Version54
- Made printable bookmarks and weekly schedules resolve the actual Mishnah Berurah assignment for every displayed date before printing.
- Placed the Shnayim Mikra parashah name on its own line in the weekly schedule for faster scanning.
Version53
- Added a professionally designed printable daily-learning bookmark with the selected date and all seven learning assignments.
- Added a one-page landscape weekly schedule running from Sunday through Shabbos, with all seven learning cycles for every day.
- Included Seder Hayom branding, the main site URL, and a scannable logo-centered QR code on the new print formats.
- Removed nekudot from Hebrew dates throughout the site and every print format.
Version52
- Made single-page page-view tracking deterministic across date and learning-cycle navigation.
- Added shiur play, progress, and completion analytics with learning-cycle, date, maggid, provider, and media-type context.
- Configured Analytics reporting dimensions, meaningful key events, and 14-month event retention.
- Verified that every URL in the submitted sitemap is indexed by Google.
Version51
- Kept the header controls, including the English/Hebrew switcher, in the same position in both language modes.
Version50
- Reverted the unintended naming, schedule-printing, and Shnayim Mikra button changes from version 49.
- Kept the new reverse-chronological changelog as the only site feature from that revision.
Version49
- Added the first /changelog page.
- Included naming, printing, and button changes that were reverted in version 50.
Version48
- Simplified Mishna Yomi teacher labels, centered the text-toggle icons, and added the site version to the footer.
Version47
- Added a persistent Mishna Yomi maggid shiur selector with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, Rabbi Ezra Sarna, and Rabbi Joseph Dana.
- Added continuous playback for Rabbi Joseph Dana’s two daily Mishnah recordings.
Version46
- Added persistent green, blue, and light-red color themes.
Version45
- Refined feedback presentation and made schedule-print styling consistent across cycle views.
Version44
- Added a feedback link to the footer and simplified the feedback form copy.
Version43
- Added a private feedback form that sends submissions without exposing the owner’s email address.
Version42
- Moved the schedule and source guide to permanent, indexable routes.
Version41
- Added indexable pages for each daily learning cycle.
Version40
- Improved search metadata, canonical URLs, structured data, robots directives, and the sitemap.
Version39
- Added the site URL, “Any date,” and “Always free” messaging to the social preview graphic.
Version38
- Refreshed the site’s social link-preview graphic.
Version37
- Placed the Seder Hayom logo in the center of the QR code.
Version36
- Sharpened the printable flyer’s visual design.
Version35
- Introduced the learner-at-a-sefer logo, refined card identity, removed card badges, and expanded the Shnayim Mikra title citation.
Version34
- Simplified the printable flyer wording.
Version33
- Redesigned the printable learning content and schedule layouts, including a promotional flyer section.
Version32
- Updated printed materials to use the seder-hayom.com custom domain.
Version31
- Added a site QR code to printed schedules.
Version30
- Added the site URL to printouts.
Version29
- Added a compact print option for the daily schedule without learning content.
Version28
- Preserved expanded and collapsed card state after printing and routed browser printing through the printable layout.
Version27
- Simplified the print button to a printer icon and “PDF.”
Version26
- Compacted the date banner and moved cycle navigation above it.
Version25
- Restored cycle navigation below the date section.
Version24
- Moved cycle navigation into the site header.
Version23
- Added cycle navigation and focused full-size views for individual learning cycles.
Version22
- Added aligned Sefaria text for Talmud Yerushalmi.
Version21
- Added Talmud Yerushalmi with an AllDaf shiur.
Version20
- Removed the decorative audio play icon from learning cards.
Version19
- Removed the repeated player assignment tagline.
Version18
- Added a daily Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi audio shiur.
Version17
- Switched Rabbi Eli Stefansky’s Talmud Bavli player from YouTube to AllDaf.
- Compacted the header controls and removed the site tagline.
Version16
- Added Rabbi Yaakov Trump’s Nach Yomi shiur from All Parsha.
Version15
- Made learning cards rearrangeable and preserved each user’s preferred order.
Version14
- Moved Mishnah Berurah audio delivery to a production-compatible route.
Version13
- Fixed same-day Mishnah Berurah audio discovery.
Version12
- Added daily Mishnah Berurah audio.
Version11
- Added Mishnah Berurah Yomi with the official daily PDF embedded as its text.
Version10
- Restored Seder Hayom after an unintended project replacement.
Version9
- Temporarily replaced the site with an unrelated learning project; this was reverted in version 10.
Version8
- Added a persistent Talmud Bavli maggid shiur selector for five AllDaf teachers.
Version7
- Added se’if markers to Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi text.
Version6
- Added pasuk, perek, siman, and se’if labels across Shnayim Mikra, Nach Yomi, and Kitzur text.
Version5
- Labeled each Mishnah in the Mishna Yomi text section.
Version4
- Added an English and Hebrew interface switcher.
Version3
- Added Google Analytics tracking.
Version2
- Made lesson players float while readers scroll through text.
Version1
- Built the initial Seder Hayom daily learning site.
- Added daily shiur players.
- Published the site at its dedicated Seder Hayom URL.