Cannot edit existing Yahrtzeit Calendar
I've been trying to edit an existing Yahrtzeit calendar that I subscribe to in iCal. On the Hebcal help page it says:
1. First, navigate to https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
2. Next, click the existing calendar link under the “View or edit an existing personal calendar” section of the page
But I've scoured the page over and over and cannot find a “View or edit an existing personal calendar”section on that page. Am I missing something?
different colors
hi, I want to suggest that Yahrzeit , anniversaries and birthdays will get a different colors.
it will be nicer for the eyes
maybe the color is google calendar function, so it will be good to have option that the calendar will recognize these as different types of events.
I also want to add birthdays of people that are not live but want it to be with different color.
the issue is that it is not one event that repeat, if it would I can change the color once for all the series but each date is standalone ....
Hi Tzipi, thanks for using Hebcal and thanks for the great idea/suggestion.
Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple all allow custom colors for a calendar feed, but individual events within a feed all inherit the same color. As far as I know, there is no way for different events within the same calendar feed to have different colors.
The only way to have different colors in Google Calendar is to create multiple personal anniversary calendars on Hebcal. For example, you could create a first calendar that contains Hebrew birthdays only, a 2nd separate calendar with only Yahrzeits, and a 3rd for Hebrew anniversaries. Then you'd subscribe to those 3 Hebcal calendars in Google Calendar as 3 separate feeds. Once the feeds are set up in Google, then you can have different colors.
Here's an example:
It's a bit tedious to set up separate calendars, but once you do so, you will get perpetual updates. And perpetual updates also means you can make changes to the Hebcal side and they will automatically be reflected on the Google side.
For example, if you set up a Hebcal yahrzeit calendar with just 3 names and then later add a 4th name, you will automatically see the additional 4th person's yahrzeits show up in Google Calendar, typically 1-2 days after you make the changes on the Hebcal side.
how to fix my mistakes
hello, I want to suggest that the site will give the option to export the data inserted and then an option to reload it to the site in order to fix mistakes, I see that one of the date is not correct I dont have an option to load the source and fix it. I have the ics that was generated but the import is not working for it. anyway it is not with the source data I put- it is already with calculated values. I want to be able to load the original data I inserted and fix mistakes on it. any idea. the only option I see is to change the command in the ics in order to remove the incorrect values and then load another ics with the correct values. then I will not have one ics with all the updated data.
This article describes how to make changes to a Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar that you downloaded, exported or subscribed to in a calendar app like Outlook, Google Calendar / Android, or Apple (iOS, iPhone, iPad or Mac).
https://www.hebcal.com/home/632/how-to-make-changes-to-a-yahrzeit-anniversary-calendar
These instructions apply to personal events such as yahrzeits, Hebrew Birthdays, and Hebrew Anniversaries.
Shabbos times for zip code 60035 last week and this week are incorrect
Please double check your calculation.
chanad has licht benching times around 10 mins later than discussed on n Hebcal.com
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal. We're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty reconciling Hebcal Shabbos times for your location.
Candle-lighting and Havdalah times are derived from sunset times, which are approximated from a location (latitude, longitude) and day of year. Differences of 1-2 minutes between Hebcal and other sources publishing candle lighting times or sunset times are expected. Remember that candle lighting times can only be approximated based on location.
We have published a lengthy article that explains the possible sources of difference between Hebcal's published times and other sources.
https://www.hebcal.com/home/94/how-accurate-are-candle-lighting-times
Yarzheit Email Reminder suggestion
Hi, I very much like the ability to bulk load in yarzheits. I do find for many yahrzeits, the week in advance reminder is not enough and I can forget even last minute. Can you have an option to also send a reminder a day or two before? Thank you.
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!
Hebcal can generate Candle-lighting & Havdalah times for Shabbat and holidays, and start and end times for fast days. Over 100,000 world cities are supported.
You can read more here:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/4463/candle-lighting-havdalah-fast-times
chovetz chaim calednar bug (shows xx's on some days). Hebrew months displayed at the top?
Bs"D. Note that i checked the chovetz chaim box with the tehillim box. also, is there a way to have the Hebrew months displayed at the top instead of Gregorian (Jan, Feb, etc)? even if i check the box "Hebrew year" or "Israeli holiday schedule" it doesn't show when i go to "print." I'd like the calendar to display at the top "Shevat 5784, Adar, etc" . thanks Baruch Hashem
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