Why Kesef exists.
Nobody teaches this in school or yeshiva, so we built the calculators and guides we wished we'd had.
כֶּסֶף
kesef · noun · Hebrew
- Money.
- Silver.
Jewish life has its own line items. Tuition for every child, maaser on every paycheck, a simcha that grows with the guest list. Most money sites skip them. Kesef starts with them.
Every tool shows its answer as you type. Put in your own numbers and see what tuition, a wedding, a first home or your first $100K actually takes.
Every guide is plain English, with the numbers worked out. It's all free. There's no account to create and nothing to buy.
No account. No bank login. Nothing you type leaves this device.
We built Kesef so you never have to hand your finances to anyone. The math runs on the page; your numbers, goals and saved results are kept in your own browser, and there is no bank connection to break or to leak. We count visits with standard analytics, never the amounts you type. To move your plan, you send yourself a link or a backup file; no copy is kept on a server.
- No sign-up, ever
- No bank or card connections
- Clear it from your browser at any time
Tools first. Then the reading.
Four rules we keep.
Plain English.
Numbers over adjectives. Short sentences. No jargon left unexplained.
Built for Jewish life.
Maaser and chomesh, yeshiva tuition, simchas and the costs that come with a growing family.
The math runs in your browser.
The calculators work on the page itself. Type a number and the answer updates. Nothing you type is sent to us.
Examples say what they assume.
Every projection is labelled as an illustration, with its rate written next to it. Returns are not guaranteed.
Education, not advice.
KesefSmart is general education, not financial, tax, legal or halachic advice. Examples are illustrations, and returns are not guaranteed and can be negative.
Ask a qualified professional about your situation, and your rav for halachic questions.