# Kehila AI — Your Sephardic Companion

> Your Sephardic Companion (iPhone/iPad app by RUDY REOUBEN ABITBOL.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kehila-ai/id6760140410 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [RUDY REOUBEN ABITBOL](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877784291)
- Category: Reference, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 60 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-25
- Data updated: 2026-05-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kehila-ai/id6760140410/reviews.md

## What is Kehila AI?

Kehila AI — Your Sephardic Prayer Companion

  The modern Sephardic siddur with speech recognition follow-along, Tehilim, Shabbat times, Holiday
  prayers, and synagogue community features.

  FEATURES:

  • Sephardic Prayers — Full Hebrew text with phonetic transliteration
  • Follow Along — Speech recognition highlights each line as you pray at your own pace
  • Meguilat Esther — Complete 10 chapters with easy navigation
  • Tehilim / Psalms — Multi-select and share with your community
  • Shabbat Times — Accurate candle lighting and Havdalah times based on your location
  • Holiday Prayers — Purim, Pessach, Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Hanukkah and more
  • Weekly Parasha — Insights and commentary
  • Synagogue Community — Schedules, announcements, and events from your synagogue
  • Hebrew-Gregorian Date Converter
  • Daily Wisdom Quotes
  • Bilingual — English and French support

  Everything you need to pray, beautifully designed for the Sephardic tradition.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-03-26

Passover Ready                                                                                                                    
  • Smart Kiddush selector — automatically shows the correct prayer variant based on the night and day of the week (16 variants
  covered)                                                                                                                             
  • Complete Bedikat Chametz with clear 2-part structure (evening search + morning burning)
  • Sefirat Ha'Omer counter with dates and tonight highlighting                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
  Jewish Calendar                                                                                                                   
  • Sunset-aware times — Shabbat, holidays, and fasts based on your GPS location                                                       
  • All Jewish holidays (major, minor, Israeli) in the Events tab with Yom Tov badges                                                  
  • Parasha Aliyot table with Sephardic Haftarah and verse counts                                                                      
  • Times tab with accurate candle lighting and Havdalah                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
  Prayer Improvements                                                                                                               
  • Screen stays on while reading prayers                                                                                              
  • Contextual banners showing tonight's candle lighting time                                                                          
  • Text wrapping fix for Hebrew prayers
                                                                                                                                     
  5. Click Submit for Review

### 1.0 — 2026-03-25

No release notes.

## Related topics

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