Forum for Hebcal.com - Free Jewish holiday calendars, Hebrew date converters and Shabbat times
0
Under review

Could you d flash briefing with the next candle lighting times (holiday or Shabat)

Dan Benitah 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 7 years ago 2

When asking for the flash briefing, would be great to get the next candle lighting

0

sukkot chol ha mo'ed Torah portions

RabbiMeirah 7 years ago 0

I am trying to figure out the Torah reading for a person who died Oct. 21 2016. It is Sukkot, Chol ha Moed day 3 (5th day of Sukkot.) I am finding two problems. 1. In the calendar, the days of Sukkot are listed, I through VII, noting which ones are Chol ha Mo'ed. When I go to the Torah portions, the designation for what "day" it is is listed a little differently. Then, for my day in question, The final aliyah seems to go back and repeat a previous aliyah, but not the one directly previous. I don't know how to toggle between this page and the relevant Hebcal page to check while I am writing this to you. These things confuse me a lot, so I would like another's eyes to check it out. Thanks!

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 7 years ago

You'll find instructions on how to remove Hebcal from Microsoft Outlook, iPhone, iPad, Mac OS X Desktop Calendar, Android (via Google Calendar), etc. on this page:


https://www.hebcal.com/home/category/import/remove

0
Answered

convert date of death to next yahrzeit date

mnburnett 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 2

I have a long list of Hebrew dates of death in a MySQL database table. I would like to get the secular date of the next yahrzeit for all of these. Any suggestions on how to do this other than manually one-by-one?

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago

We have started offering a Yahrzeit + Anniversary API. You can read more here:

https://www.hebcal.com/home/1705/yahrzeit-anniversary-api

0

Proper English Grammar

dpassman 7 years ago 0

"Fall out" is not proper English, but an unjustifiable yeshivish corruption of "fall". E.g., a certain yomtov falls on Shabbos. Please help your readers use good grammar. Thank you

0
Answered

HebCal Icon/Logo

Daniel Bjorndahl 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 2

What does the icon representing HebCal mean, which appears in my browser on the tab for this website? These Hebrew letters are also in the logo of the website.

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago

It's the Hebrew word for calendar. Transliterated "Luach".

0
Completed

can i download to windows 10 calendar

mike 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 7 years ago 1

I have surface computer and use windows 10 calendar. Can I download?

0
Fixed

Havdalah times missing when holiday is on Motzei Shabbat

Uziel 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 6

Hi!

I'm having a bug, since my application is using your rest API for getting shabbat times, and its looking for two categories: "candles", "havdala".

But this week, since 1st candle of Hanuka is occuring in Motzei Shabat, there category "havdala" is missing, causing an exception in my application.

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago

Hi, thanks for the feedback.

We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).

https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&cfg=json&c=on&maj=on&min=on&zip=02906&year=2016&month=12&leyning=off


{

"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

"category": "holiday",

"subcat": "major",

"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

},

{

"title": "Candle lighting: 4:05pm",

"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

"category": "candles",

"title_orig": "Candle lighting",

"hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"

},

{

"title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",

"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

"category": "holiday",

"subcat": "major",

"hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",

"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

},

{

"title": "Havdalah: 5:11pm",

"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

"category": "havdalah",

"title_orig": "Havdalah",

"hebrew": "הבדלה"

}