Thanks for the careful report! Good news: this reading isn't actually missing — and it's not technically a Rosh Hashana reading, which is why it's not in the holiday tables.

Rosh Hashana itself has no afternoon (Mincha) Torah reading. The reason there's a Mincha reading this year is simply that Rosh Hashana Day 1 falls on Shabbat, and on every Shabbat afternoon we read the opening aliyot of the coming week's parsha. The parsha after Rosh Hashana 5787 is Ha'azinu, so the Shabbat-Mincha reading is Deuteronomy 32:1-12 (exactly the three aliyot you listed).

We publish these Shabbat-afternoon readings (which are identical to the Monday/Thursday weekday readings) in our weekday leyning spreadsheet rather than the holiday tables, to avoid confusion between the Shabbat morning and Shabbat afternoon services. You'll find Ha'azinu 32:1-12 there. 

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/weekday-diaspora-5787.csv

More on which files contain what: https://www.hebcal.com/home/48/download-aliyot-breakdown-of-torah-readings

By contrast, Yom Kippur Mincha (Leviticus 18 + Jonah) is in the holiday tables, because that one is an intrinsic part of the day itself, read every year regardless of whether YK falls on Shabbat or another day of the week.

Thank you for the bug report! We found the error and it is now fixed. Please refresh the web browser if you still see the error. 

Shana Tova!

Hi hudis100,

Thanks for the report, but this actually works as expected — you can have multiple people’s birthdays listed on the same date. I just tested it myself and confirmed it:

https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit/edit/01m0r2aps88teecmme9vx1jj1a

Both Person1 and Person2 show up correctly as separate entries on 10 Feb 2026 (23rd of Sh’vat), and again in every subsequent year (5787, 5788, etc.). So there’s no bug here — the calendar handles overlapping dates fine.

If you’re still running into an issue, could you share the exact steps you took and what you saw (a screenshot would help), so we can pin down what’s different in your case?

Best, Michael

did you check the after sunset box?

Thu, 23 July 2026 = 9th of Av, 5786

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=23&gm=7&gy=2026&g2h=1

Thu, 23 July 2026 after sunset = 10th of Av, 5786

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=23&gm=7&gy=2026&gs=on&g2h=1

Hi Kim,

Thanks so much for the kind words and for flagging this! I checked, and the page is actually working correctly — it did switch to the Israel calendar.

The reason it looks similar to the Diaspora list is that Passover in Israel is 7 days (one day of Yom Tov at the start, one at the end), while outside Israel it’s 8 days (two days of Yom Tov at the start and end). So for 2027:

Israel: Apr 22 (1st day), Apr 23–27 (Chol HaMoed), Apr 28 (last day)

Diaspora: Apr 22–23 (1st two days), Apr 24–27 (Chol HaMoed), Apr 28–29 (last two days)

The “Apr 21” date you see is Erev Pesach (the eve), not an extra festival day.

Let me know if anything still looks off — happy to dig further!

Did you try it out? It looks like Alexa Plus has made some changes and it might work for you. We just tested on both a standard Alexa and Alexa Plus device and we’re able to get the Hebcal skill to work again. 

Shabbat shalom and Shana Tova!

Thanks for writing in. Sunday 27 September 2026 is 16 Tishrei 5787 — the second day of Sukkot. (Sukkot begins at sundown on the 25th, with the first day falling on Saturday the 26th.)

The reason it's marked is that Hebcal defaults to the Diaspora calendar, where the second day of a festival is observed as Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot. This is a rabbinic practice rather than a Torah one, and it originated in the era when the new month was declared by witnesses in Jerusalem and communities far from the Land couldn't be certain which day had been fixed — so they kept two. It was retained by rabbinic decree even after the calendar became mathematically fixed.

In the Land of Israel, 16 Tishrei is not a festival day at all — it's Chol HaMoed, an intermediate day of Sukkot. If you'd prefer a calendar that reflects that, you can switch to the Israel schedule on our custom calendar page, and 27 September will show as Chol HaMoed rather than a festival day.

To be clear about what Hebcal is: we're a calendar that reflects how the Jewish calendar is observed in practice, and we don't take a position on questions of scriptural interpretation. The Israel/Diaspora setting is there precisely because observance differs, and we'd rather give you the option than decide for you.