Here is the problem we kept watching people run into, what we built to fix it, why it actually works, and how it stacks up against everything else you could do.
Write my speechYou have to stand up at the bimah, the chuppah, or the graveside. The room is full of people you love, and a rabbi who will catch every wrong word. Most of us were never taught to do this, can't read the Hebrew, and haven't opened a Chumash since our own bar mitzvah.
So we freeze. Or we hand it to ChatGPT, which writes something that could be about anyone, invents a midrash that does not exist, and quotes the wrong week's Torah portion. Either way the speech does not sound like you, and it gets the Jewish part wrong.
Shpiel is built for exactly these speeches. It asks a few simple questions about the person and the occasion, finds your real Torah portion from the date, and pulls the actual sources your tradition would use.
Then it writes a heartfelt draft in your voice, with the Hebrew correct and the details personal. No blank page. No prompt-writing. No invented midrashim. You answer, it writes, you make it yours.
Every verse and commentary comes from Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, checked and quotable. ChatGPT makes up midrashim; Shpiel doesn't.
Enter the date and we find the exact parsha and haftarah. Never the wrong week's reading.
Secular to Orthodox: sources, Hebrew, and tone all shift to match.
Properly vocalized and transliterated, every time.
You bring the stories; Shpiel shapes them.
You could ask a chatbot, use a generic speech app, hire a writer, or stare at the blank page. Here is the trade-off, laid out plainly.
| ChatGPT | Generic AI speech app | Hire a speechwriter | Shpiel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real, cited Jewish sources | ✕ | ✕ | ~ | ✓ |
| The correct Torah portion | ✕ | ✕ | ~ | ✓ |
| Tuned to your denomination | ✕ | ✕ | ~ | ✓ |
| Correct, vocalized Hebrew | ✕ | ✕ | ~ | ✓ |
| Sounds personal, like you | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ready in minutes | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Cost | Low | Low | $200+ | From free |
Shpiel is the only one that gets the Jewish part right and sounds like you, in minutes, for the price of a coffee.
Answer a few questions and have a heartfelt, accurate draft in minutes.
Write my speech