an app for android
Need an app for android. The one found now is poor. And only in Hebrew. How such an amazing website can have such a poor app in unbelievable.
Thanks so much for the suggestion. Hebcal.com does not have an official Android app. There is an app on the Google Play Store that uses the Hebcal name and is unaffiliated with Hebcal.com
Although we do not currently have any plans to make an official Android app, you can export Hebcal calendar events to Goggle Calendar and then your Android device will see the events.
Thank you for your question!
Hebcal.com defaults to Sephardic transliterations for Jewish calendar event titles. You can also change the language to Ashkenazic transliterations.
one of these two options is probably what you want if you are looking for “English” language settings on Hebcal.
the Spanish translation is not correct as it is half English and half in Spanish
Lag BaOmer occurs on viernes may 16th should be
Lag BaOmer se celebra el viernes 16 de mayo.
Same for all the dates.
Torah portion of the week should be
La Parasha de la Semana es .
That would be great if you could change it.
Thanks
Haftarah for Parashat Matot-Masei which is also Rosh Chodesh this year
Why does the Ashkenazi tradition not read the haftarah for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (Isaiah 66:1-24). Also, does the Sephardi tradition really read both the haftarah for Matot-Masei and Shabbat Rosh Chodesh?
Thanks for your question.
For Matot-Masei 5785, here are the Haftarah:
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 4:1-2; Isaiah 66:1, 66:23 · 29 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
This is the case in general when a special haftarah supercedes another special haftarah. Sephardim add the first and last verse of the superceded haftarah. Ashkenazim generally do not.
there are some Ashkenazim who follow this practice as well, but the prevalent Ashknezic practice is not to add these verses. This is the opinion of Rabbi Joel Roth, who is the posek for the Rabbi Miles Cohen Luah. In general the Hebcal website accords with the Ashkenazic traditions explained by these experts.
Pessach Sheni
Unfortunately, I just realized that Pessach Sheni's appearance in the calendar is very misleading. It appears on Nissan 14th as a full-day event, whereas in truth it should appear exactly one month after Passover in every respect. The 14th day (for both Pessach and Pessach Sheni) is Erev Chag and the time when the Passover sacrifice would be made starting after mid-day. The holiday itself (Yom Tov) would be the 15th, starting as always before sundown and ending after sundown on the next day.
Today is the 14th, yet my calendar said in big bold letters that today is Pessach Sheni, so I arrived a day early to an important occasion. I really should have been more alert and looked at the actual date, but still, it's extremely confusing.
I suggest either marking the 14th as Erev Pessach Sheni and the 15th as Pessach Sheni, or making one event of Pessach Sheni that begins in the afternoon on the 14th and ends after sundown on the 15th.
Pesach Sheni occurs every year on 14 Iyar (not 15 Iyar). This is exactly one month after 14 Nisan, the day before Passover, which was the day prescribed for bringing the Korban Pesach ("Paschal offering", i.e. Passover lamb) in anticipation of that holiday.
in other words, our dates for Pesach Sheni are correct. We are sorry if there is any confusion. We do not list Erev Pesach Sheni on the website
yom kippur fast
Yom Kippur does not contain same fast records as another fasts.
{"title":"Erev Yom Kippur","date":"2025-10-01","hdate":"9 Tishrei 5786","category":"holiday","subcat":"major","hebrew":"ערב יום כפור","link":"https://hebcal.com/h/yom-kippur-2025?us=js&um=api","memo":"Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer"},
{"title":"Candle lighting: 7:03pm","date":"2025-10-01T19:03:00-04:00","category":"candles","title_orig":"Candle lighting","hebrew":"הדלקת נרות","memo":"Erev Yom Kippur"},
{"title":"Yom Kippur","date":"2025-10-02","hdate":"10 Tishrei 5786","category":"holiday","subcat":"major","yomtov":true,"hebrew":"יום כפור","link":"https://hebcal.com/h/yom-kippur-2025?us=js&um=api","memo":"Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer"},
{"title":"Havdalah: 7:57pm","date":"2025-10-02T19:57:00-04:00","category":"havdalah","title_orig":"Havdalah","hebrew":"הבדלה","memo":"Yom Kippur"}
Because YK is a major holiday and not a minor fast, we treat it the same as other major holidays. To find fast start and end times, use the Candle lighting event that corresponds to Erev Yom Kippur, and the Havdalah event immediately following Yom Kippur
Русский язык
При создании календаря на русском языке получается такая ошибка, Как это можно исправить?
date converter
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Rambam 3 Perkaim
Hi in the daily learning there is daily rambam
the thing is that its only showing 1 perek per day when there is a track (the main track) which is 3 perkaim per day
If possible to add and if possible to add to calendar
thanks
https://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam_cdo/rambamChapters/3
Thanks again. We have added the schedule to Hebcal.com, you'll find it here:
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