Rabbi Benny Lau: Building Bridges shares For the last six years, a quarter of a million Israelis have been studying a chapter of the Tanakh every day, five days a week. Known simply as “929” (after the number of chapters in the Bible), via a website and an app, the program offers various commentaries, thoughts for the day, the printed text with an option for reading and listening, and even iconic Israeli songs associated with the daily chapter. Secular and religious people study on their own or with friends and family, on a bus, in a cafe, at work or at home. 75 percent of the participants are nonreligious. Together they join educators, academics, rabbis, journalists and even Knesset members in their pursuit to understand the Tanakh.