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Adding Hebrew name to an exising entry not coming up on our calenadr

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

Trying to add the Hebrew name when orignally we entered only the english name on the yarzeit list. We add it on the Yarzeit list but it's nt adding to the calenedar on our phone

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

After making a modification to an existing Hebcal Yahrzeit + anniversary calendar, it takes 24-48 hours for these changes to show up on your mobile phone. This delay is caused by the calendar app which only checks for updates to the Hebcal personal calendar feed at most once per day. 

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paid link

Rick Muller 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 1

I see there's a "paid link" to the JPS B'nai Mitzvah Commentary pamphlets.

Can I talk to someone about setting up a link to my TropeColor website?  What's the cost? 

I am the Torah and Megillah Tropes Specialist at Rabbi Jack Pressman Academy at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, CA, going into my 8th year there, and I've been teaching B'nai Mitzvah for 53 years, using my color-coding system.

Rick Muller (310) 486-5515    

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Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago

Sorry, we aren’t accepting new paid links at this time. We try to keep advertising on Hebcal.com to a minimum to cover our web hosting costs

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Account keeps going missing

lisaharrison762 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 1

Hello. For some reason the Hebcal is no longer visible on my google calendar. This happened last year also. When I search by my email it said there is no associated email. How do I find all of the Yarhzeits that I have entered over the years? Thanks

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Cannot create 2026 calendar to subscribe on Apple devices

Jay Bee 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 months ago 7

Good day,

I've created a 2026 calendar with all the settings I used for 2025. The resulting link given to subscribe on my Apple devices is:

webcal://download.hebcal.com/v4/CAEQARgBIAEoATABUAFYh439AWoBc3AjeBKAAQGIAQGYAQGgAQG4AQHIAQHQAQE/hebcal_bay_harbor_islands.ics?color=%23b25dd3

However, when I subscribe to it, it gives me the 2025 calendar with all the options I customized. What am I doing wrong?

Also, is there a way to create a multi-year perpetual calendar to subscribe?

Thank you.

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Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago

Hi, thanks for writing to Hebcal. We're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty getting a 2026 calendar on your Apple device.

Calendars exported from Hebcal via our subscription feeds (using iCalendar format) are typically “perpetual”. That is, they contain events for the current year (Gregorian or Hebrew) plus some number of years into the future. Most downloads (including Apple, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook) support these perpetual calendar subscription feeds.

When you create a custom calendar on Hebcal.com, you are presented with a dialog box that look like the screenshot below. Even if you enter a future year like 2026, you'll see text that says something like this (highlighted in yellow in the screenshot below):


This subscription is a 4-year perpetual calendar feed with events for the current year (2025) plus 3 future years.

You will also see a grey button that says something like Download 2026 only (highlighted in orange in the screenshot below).  Click that button to download a 1-year .ics file and then import it into your calendar app, taking care to create a separate calendar and import Hebcal events into that new, separate calendar (lest you unintentionally add hundreds of events to your personal calendar).

Most users prefer the perpetual calendar feed because it's much easier to use and they can subscribe once and the calendar will be up-to-date for many years to come.


Also perhaps relevant reading: 

https://www.hebcal.com/home/1398/number-of-years-in-calendar-feed-subscriptions


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How do I make a contribution for you expenses?

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

How do we make a contribution to assist, even in a small amount, to cover the costs of the work done for this information to be available and the costs of running this site?

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Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago

thank you! We are very grateful for your support. 


https://www.hebcal.com/home/about/donate


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.



Note: donations to Hebcal.com are not tax-deductible. The website is developed and maintained by Michael Radwin, a private individual

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Erev Rosh Chodesh

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

How can I get all Erev Rosh Chodesh dates?
P.S. I love this site.

Thank you

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is there a way to define the exact elevation for my location? tnx

AriC 5 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 1
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how to correct date already loaded in google

Tzipi 5 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago 1

Hello, I created few years ago a calendar

imported it to google calendar

and now we found a mistake in on of the birthdays - the year the person was born is different

I want to correct it 

how can I do it?

I have the ics file from the site - the one that i loaded

now I need,

first - to remove all events of this birthday

second - create new events for this birthday in the correct date.

how can I do it?

this calendar is no appear on the site. any way I can load the calendar from the ics file?

how can I delete all events of this specific birthday?

please assist

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Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago

We're sorry to hear that you found an error in your birthday calendar and need to make a correction.

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). These instructions apply to personal events such as yahrzeits, Hebrew Birthdays, and Hebrew Anniversaries.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/632/how-to-make-changes-to-a-yahrzeit-anniversary-calendar

Thanks for using Hebcal!