Terms of Use

Last updated: September 23, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and the operator of Shoresh. They govern your access to and use of the Shoresh mobile application for iOS and Android (the "App"), the website at hebrewtutor.app (the "Website") and all related content, features and services (together, the "Service").

By creating an account, making a purchase or otherwise using the Service, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

A separate Russian-language agreement applies to users in the Russian Federation, where the Service is operated by a Russian sole proprietor: Пользовательское соглашение.

1. Service Operator

The Service is operated by Arkadii Broun, an individual, … ("we", "us", "our"). Contact: show e-mail.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are between 13 and 18, you may use the Service only with the permission of a parent or guardian, who accepts these Terms on your behalf. Purchases may be made only by a person legally able to enter into a binding contract, or with such a person's permission. You may not use the Service if you have previously been banned from it, or if using it is prohibited by the laws of your country.

3. What the Service Is

Shoresh is a self-study tool for learning Hebrew: an alphabet trainer, topic-based word sets with audio and spaced repetition, a dictionary, your own word lists, grammar trainers and a grammar textbook. The Website presents the App and publishes the textbook and articles.

Parts of the Service are free. Access to all courses and trainers requires a paid subscription, a lifetime purchase or a valid promo code (see Section 8). We may change, add or remove features, courses and content at any time.

4. No Guarantee of Results; Accuracy of Content

The Service is a learning aid. How much and how fast you learn depends on you. We do not guarantee any particular result, level of proficiency or success in an exam, interview or immigration procedure.

Dictionary entries, translations, transcriptions, grammar explanations and the examples generated by artificial intelligence (Section 5) are prepared with care but may contain errors, simplifications or outdated usage. Nothing in the Service is professional linguistic, educational, legal or other advice. Verify anything important with an authoritative source.

5. Examples Generated by Artificial Intelligence

Usage examples in the dictionary are generated on request by an artificial-intelligence model. They are marked as such in the App. Generated text can be inaccurate, unnatural or inappropriate despite our safeguards. We do not review every example before it is shown. If you find a bad example, tell us and we will remove it.

6. Accounts

On iOS you can use the App without an account; your progress is then tied to an installation identifier and may be lost if you delete the App or change devices, unless you sign in with Apple. On Android you sign in with Google. You must keep your sign-in credentials secure and are responsible for everything that happens under your account. Tell us immediately at show e-mail if you suspect unauthorised use.

You may have only one account. You may not transfer or sell your account, or use another person's account.

7. Your Words and Feedback

Words you add to "My words" are stored on our servers so that they can be shown on your devices and used in your training sessions. You keep ownership of anything you type in. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, reproduce and process that content as needed to operate the Service. The licence ends when the content is deleted from the Service, except where retention is required by law.

Your word lists are private and are not shown to other users. Do not enter personal data of other people or any sensitive information into the App.

If you send us ideas, suggestions, corrections or other feedback, you agree that we may use them without restriction or compensation.

8. Subscriptions, Lifetime Access, Promo Codes and Free Access

Free features. A limited part of the Service, including some alphabet and word courses, is available free of charge. We may change what is included in the free tier at any time.

Subscriptions. Full access is sold as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly, quarterly or annual) purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play ("Store"). Your subscription is a contract with the Store under its terms. The price is shown in the Store before purchase and may differ by country. Where a free trial is offered, its length is shown in the Store before you subscribe; the subscription becomes paid when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Payment is charged to your Store account at confirmation of purchase or at the end of the trial. The subscription renews automatically for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Store account settings; deleting the App or your account does not cancel a subscription. If a subscription price increases, the Store will notify you and, where required, ask for your consent before the increase takes effect.

Lifetime access. As an alternative to a subscription, the Store may offer a one-time purchase that unlocks full access permanently for the account or installation on which it was bought, for as long as the Service exists. "Lifetime" means the lifetime of the Service, not of the purchaser; see Section 15 about discontinuation.

Refunds. Refunds for Store purchases are handled exclusively by the Store under its policies; we cannot issue refunds for Store purchases ourselves. Request a refund from Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com or from Google through Google Play.

Promo codes and promotional offers. We may offer codes or offers that unlock full access free of charge or at a discount for a limited time. Unless stated otherwise, promo codes are personal, non-transferable, may be used once per account, have no cash value, cannot be combined with other offers and expire on the stated date or when we withdraw the promotion. Access granted by a promo code ends automatically at the end of its period. We may cancel access obtained by a code that was generated, obtained or used in breach of these Terms. Promotional offers shown in the App may be shown to some users and not others at our discretion.

Consumers in the European Union and United Kingdom. Nothing in this section limits your statutory rights. Where you have a right of withdrawal for digital content, it is exercised through the Store in accordance with its terms. By requesting immediate access to the paid content you acknowledge that you lose the right of withdrawal once the content has been provided, to the extent permitted by law.

Taxes. Prices shown in the Store include applicable VAT or sales tax where the Store collects it. You are responsible for any other taxes that may apply.

9. Acceptable Use

You must not, and must not help anyone else to:

10. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on third parties, including the Apple App Store and Google Play, Sign in with Apple and Google, Heroku and Cloudflare (hosting and network), OpenAI (generated examples), Sentry (error reporting) and push notification services. Their availability and accuracy are outside our control, and their use may be subject to their own terms. We are not responsible for any third-party service, content or website linked from the Service.

11. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, design, logos, brand, dictionary, word sets, audio recordings, textbook, trainer content, texts and images (other than your own words and third-party content), is owned by us or our licensors and protected by copyright, database, trademark and other laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on devices you own or control, for your personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and the Store rules.

The textbook and articles published on the Website may be read and linked to freely. Reproducing them elsewhere, in whole or in substantial part, requires our written permission.

12. App Store and Google Play Terms

If you downloaded the App from the Apple App Store, the following also applies. These Terms are between you and us only, not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). Apple is not responsible for the App or its content. The licence in Section 11 is limited to use of the App on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the App may be accessed by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for maintenance and support of the App. To the extent any warranty applies and is not disclaimed, you may notify Apple of a failure to conform to it, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the App (if any) to you; to the maximum extent permitted by law Apple has no other warranty obligation. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the App, including product liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, and consumer protection or similar claims. If a third party claims that the App infringes its intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the App. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

If you downloaded the App from Google Play, you also agree to the Google Play Terms of Service, and Google LLC is not a party to these Terms and has no responsibility for the App.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, non-infringement and uninterrupted or error-free operation. We do not warrant that the content is accurate, complete or current, that the Service will meet your needs or that it will be available at any particular time or place.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we (and our licensors and providers) are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, revenue, goodwill or opportunity resulting from your use of or reliance on the Service, even if we were advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid to us for the Service in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, and (b) EUR 10.

Exceptions. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or your rights as a consumer that cannot be waived by contract. If you are a consumer in the European Union or United Kingdom, you have statutory rights under the laws of your country of residence, and these Terms do not affect them.

15. Suspension, Termination and Discontinuation

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time (Section 16). We may suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Service, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if we are required to by law, if we reasonably believe it is necessary to protect users or the Service, or if we discontinue the Service. If we terminate your account without cause while you have an active paid subscription, your remedy is a refund of the unused portion through the Store, where available.

We intend to run the Service for a long time, but we may discontinue it. If we do, we will give reasonable notice in the App or on the Website. Where a lifetime purchase was made less than 12 months before discontinuation, we will offer a proportional refund through the Store where its rules allow it.

Sections 4, 5, 7 (licence to already-processed content), 11, 13, 14, 17 and 18 survive termination.

16. Account Deletion

You can delete your account directly in the App settings ("Delete my account"), or as described at hebrewtutor.app/delete-account. Deleting your account deletes everything linked to it, including your progress and word lists, except for records we are legally required to keep, as described in the Privacy Policy. Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. Deleting your account does not cancel a Store subscription; cancel it in your Store account settings.

17. Changes to the Service and These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. The current version is always available at hebrewtutor.app/en/terms and takes effect on the "Last updated" date shown above. If a change is material, we will give you reasonable notice in the App or on the Website before it takes effect. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, stop using the Service and delete your account before they take effect; continued use after that date means you accept them. We may also change, suspend or discontinue the Service or any part of it at any time.

18. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and the courts of the Tel Aviv district shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Consumers. If you are a consumer residing in the European Union, United Kingdom or another country whose law gives you mandatory protections, you also benefit from those protections and may bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence. EU consumers may also use the European Commission's online dispute resolution platform. We are not obliged to, and do not, take part in alternative dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body.

Informal resolution first. Before starting any legal proceedings, you agree to send us a written description of the dispute to show e-mail and to try in good faith to resolve it with us for at least 30 days.

Time limit. To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of the Service or these Terms must be filed within one year after it arose, or it is permanently barred.

19. General

20. Contact

For legal notices, support requests and complaints: Arkadii Broun, …, show e-mail.