From Learning Torah to Living Torah
What does it mean to live with a deeper awareness of Hashem?
Our mission is to help people deepen their relationship with Hashem through Jewish meditation. jMeditate is being built as a practical way to carry Torah from the mind into the heart — into how we choose, how we speak, and how we live. Become a Founding Supporter and help bring it to launch.
🎧 Listen free — a short meditation, right now
Founding Supporters receive real bonuses and discounts — as in any business. This is a founding pre-sale by Shepherd's Ltd, not a donation.
Why this matters
Many people hear an inspiring Torah idea and carry it with them — and long to feel it even more deeply in daily life. Torah was never meant to remain only in the mind. It is meant to shape how we see, how we choose, how we speak, and how we live.
jMeditate offers a practical way to slow down, reflect deeply, and let Torah enter the heart — Jewish meditation drawn from the living tradition of Beit El, the Rashash, and the Arizal, in language anyone can practice. Our hope: that after a year with this practice, you have become someone who doesn't only know Torah, but lives inside it — who pauses before reacting, feels Hashem's presence in ordinary moments, and carries a settled, connected heart into daily life.
— Rav Yaakov Shepherd · Yeshivat Nefesh HaChaim, Jerusalem
Where we are on this journey
A roadmap of the mission so far — and what comes next.
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Vision established
A clear vision was formed for bringing Jewish meditation into a practical daily experience.
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Decades of teaching distilled
Rav Yaakov's years of study, practice, and teaching have been shaped into guided meditation content.
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App built and ready for beta
The core platform has been developed and is now entering beta testing.
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Preparing for launch
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Complete beta testing and refinement
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Launch the Jewish Meditation App
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Expand the meditation library
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Welcome the first community of users
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Sustain and deepen the work for years to come
Two campaigns, one journey
A campaign funds one chapter of a larger journey. Here's where this one fits — and what comes after.
Campaign 1 — Launch
Complete beta testing, refine the experience, and launch the Jewish Meditation App. This campaign turns decades of teaching into a tool people can use every day — the practical next step, and our current $20,000 goal.
Campaign 2 — Teach & Transform
Once the app is in people's hands, the mission expands: new guided meditations and learning pathways (Teach), and a growing community seeking a deeper relationship with Hashem through daily practice (Transform).
Campaign 1 makes Campaign 2 possible. By helping launch the app today, you're laying the foundation for preserving, expanding, and sharing these teachings for years to come.
What you're helping build
Rooted in a living tradition
Every meditation draws on the living tradition of Beit El, the Rashash, and the Arizal — the Hebrew letters, connection, and inner healing at the heart of Jewish meditation.
For everyday life
Sleep, anxiety, focus, gratitude, and healing — for anyone, explained in clear, down-to-earth language you don't need any background to follow.
In the Rav's voice
Meditations and teachings drawn directly from Rav Shepherd's decades of study, practice, and teaching.
Founding Supporter tiers
There are many ways to help — choose the one that fits you.
However you choose to give, you're participating in the same mission — and every tier also comes with real bonuses and discounts. The $18 and $54 tiers turn your full amount into credit toward your subscription at launch. From $180 up, you get the access itself — and you save far more than you give.
$18
Chai Friend
- ✓ A personalized thank-you card from Rav Shepherd
- ✓ $18 credit toward your subscription when the paid app launches
$54
Triple Chai
- ✓ Personalized thank-you card
- ✓ $54 credit toward your subscription at launch
- ✓ Your name on the digital Founders Wall
$180
Founding Member
Worth over $190 — pay once, get the whole first year.
- ✓ One full year of All-Access, free at launch (normally ~$16/month)
- ✓ Founding-member price locked in when you renew — you never pay full price
- ✓ Founding Member badge inside the app
- ✓ Your name on the Founders Wall
$500
Lifetime Founder
Pays for itself in ~2.5 years — then free forever.
- ✓ Everything above
- ✓ Lifetime access to jMeditate — no subscription, ever again
- ✓ Early access to every new meditation we release
$1,000
Inner Circle
- ✓ Lifetime access + all of the above
- ✓ A personal guided meditation, recorded by Rav Shepherd for you and your intention
- ✓ Featured placement on the Founders Wall
$3,600
Patron
- ✓ Everything in Inner Circle
- ✓ A monthly live group meditation & teaching with the Rav for one year
- ✓ A signed volume of Rav Shepherd's writing
$10,000
Nefesh HaChaim Circle
- ✓ Lifetime access + every reward above
- ✓ Personal weekly study with Rav Shepherd for a full year — one-on-one, by Zoom or in person in Jerusalem
- ✓ Your name honored as a founding patron of jMeditate
Limited to a small number of patrons.
What's free, what's paid
So you know exactly what you're helping build.
Always free
What's in the app today.
- Entry-level meditations
- Personal playlists
- Personal mixes
- Background music and nature sounds
Paid — in development
Deeper practice, coming with the paid tier. Pricing to be announced.
- A meditation level based on the Sefer Yetzira
- A meditation level based on the teachings of the Arizal
Founding Supporters keep their access — lifetime or free-year — even once subscriptions begin. Your bonus for standing with us at the start.
What students say
Words from people who have practiced with Rav Shepherd.
Questions
Is this a donation?
No. This is a founding pre-sale by Shepherd’s Ltd. Supporters receive real bonuses and discounts — lifetime or free access, credit, and perks — just as in any business. It is not a charitable donation and not tax-deductible.
What are Campaign 1 and Campaign 2?
Campaign 1 — Launch (now, until Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul) funds the work to finish beta testing and launch the app — our current $20,000 goal. Campaign 2 — Teach & Transform (after Rosh Hashana) expands the meditation library and grows the community. Campaign 1 makes Campaign 2 possible, so we're telling you both up front.
What's free and what's paid?
Everything in the app today stays free: entry-level meditations, personal playlists and mixes, background music, and nature sounds. In development for the paid tier: deeper meditation levels based on the Sefer Yetzira and on the teachings of the Arizal — pricing to be announced. Founding Supporters keep their access even after the paid tier launches.
What if the goal isn't reached?
We're building jMeditate regardless. Reaching $20,000 by Rosh Chodesh Elul lets us finish and launch faster and richer, and locks in your founding rewards.
This is a commercial founding pre-sale, not a charitable donation, and is not tax-deductible. Rewards are delivered as the jMeditate app and its features are released. Founding credit applies to the paid subscription at launch.