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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Thanks for using the Hebcal date converter.

Unfortunately, no, we do not offer a timezone parameter or another web API to determine the Hebrew date based on the current date in a timezone.

You can do this in JavaScript using our Zmanim JavaScript API using something like the following code

const {Location, Zmanim, HDate} = require('@hebcal/core');
const location = Location.lookup('Boston');
const now = new Date();
const zmanim = new Zmanim(location, now, false);
const sunset = zmanim.sunset();
let hd = new HDate(now);
if (now >= sunset) {
  hd = hd.next();
}


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seems like the haftarah for Parashat Shekalim for Sefardi tradition is wrong. i

Hadara 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 3

t's listed as Haftarah for Vayakhel, but according to mu siddur there is a Sefardi specific haftarah .

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Thanks, this is very helpful! We have fixed the web pages. The corrected reading appears in both of these places:

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/vayakhel-20240309

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/shabbat-shekalim-2024#reading


Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: II Kings 12:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim

Haftarah for Sephardim*: II Kings 11:17-12:17 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim

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Is there a way to subscribe / download the Omer calendar?

AE Gross 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

i found the omer calendar for 2024 but I don't see a way to download or subscribe to it.  Am I missing something? 

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Thanks for your message! You can find the Omer calendar download/subscription feed here:

https://www.hebcal.com/ical/

We have also added a download button to that page to make it easier to download/subscribe to a calendar feed if you are already on the Omer page.

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Is there a way to donate with a check-I don't have venmo and appreciate this site

hlshapiro5 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

On behalf of Hebcal.com, thanks for your willingness to make a donation! We really appreciate your support.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept paper check donations. We can only receive donations via PayPal and Venmo.

Thank you also for choosing Hebcal for your Jewish holiday and calendar needs! If you have any ideas or suggestions for how we could continue to improve Hebcal, we’d love to hear from you.

Happy Gregorian New Year!

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Yahrzeit on 30 Adar I

bellzw 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

For a yahrzeit that occurs on 30 Adar I 5760, Hebcal produces a table showing the yahrzeit occurring on 1 Nisan in non-leap years.  Yet the discussion at https://www.hebcal.com/home/54/anniversaries-adar-cheshvan-kislev seems to say that it should be on the last day of Shevat (30 Shevat) in non-leap years. I've attached a screen shot of what I see.

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Have I misunderstood something?  BTW, Chabad shows me an anniversary calendar with the yahrzeit on 30 Shevat in non-leap years.

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Hi, thanks for contacting Hebcal.

To calculate yahrzeit dates, please use our Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar page. You will note that if you enter 11-March-2005 you will get the Ashkenazic practice for 30 Adar I.

Thank you for posting a screenshot from our simple Hebcal Hebrew Date converter. The Hebrew Date Converter page does not follow the special rules for a yahrzeit.

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can dates be drawn from an excel worksheet and to populate the heb cal

eiyintova 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

We’re pleased to announce support for Comma Separated Values (CSV) file import in the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar. You can now create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years by importing a CSV file.

Read this article for more details

https://www.hebcal.com/home/4322/csv-import-for-yahrzeit-anniversary-calendar

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Some Parshiyot missing

Beisee 3 months ago updated 3 months ago 4

Hi

I'm enjoying your moduls very much!! Thank you!!!

On this modul https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?parshat&v=1&cfg=json&s=on&leyning=off&date={{now}}&lg=a

I noticed now that the Parshas Hashavua of this week, Parshas Vayigash (פרשת ויגש), Vaychi (פרשת ויחי) & (פרשת וזאת הברכה) don't apear. It gives 49 Parshiyot instead of 52

Please check

Thank you!

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

thanks for your message. You are correct that Parashat Vayechi is not read during the Gregorian year 2024. This is not a bug. Parashat Vayechi is read once every Hebrew year but is not guaranteed to be read during every Gregorian year.

Note the dates that the parsha is read below, and you will see that although it is read once every Hebrew year, it is sometimes read twice in the same Gregorian year and not at all in the following Gregorian year.

Parashat Vezot Habracha is not read on Shabbat. Instead it is read during Simchat Torah.


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How do i integrate hebcal in my flutter project

fabulousmarvelous37 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Thanks for contacting Hebcal!

From within Flutter, you can use any of the Hebcal developer APIs

https://www.hebcal.com/home/developer-apis

Good luck!

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dates appear incorrect in google calendar

Tzipi 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

hello, I created my own family calendar imported it to google. it is fine

but now I want to add another yortzeit on the site the list of dates seems correct (2nd of Teveth) but on google calendar after importing it appear on different dates over the years. why? what happened? 

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Minutes as Degrees

CYA 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 1

The calendar is great.

Have any updates been made to put zmanim in according to minutes as degrees? The time is fine for getting a maximum but would be inaccurate for the shorter Halachic Hours.

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Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago

Thanks for using Hebcal!

We offer several options for developers to customize zmanim by degrees or minutes. Currently both Havdalah and fast end times can be configured as degrees (defaulting to 8.5 and 7.083 respectively). These options are documented in the @hebcal/core README.

For regular users, unfortunately, we do not yet offer the ability to specify degrees on the Hebcal.com website. There's a toggle between 8.5 degrees for Havdalah (default) or user-specified minutes past sundown. The current website design is limited in this simplicity, which seems to work for the majority of users. At some point we'd like to add more configuration options to the website.

If you are a website user, what kind of settings would you like access to? Do you have an example application you've seen that could help to demonstrate the kind of user interface for setting these options that you could share a screenshot of?