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I use Hebcal in multiple devices. How can I sync events across all of them?

yosefderen4981 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

Calendars created by Hebcal are easily downloaded and imported into various calendar apps, including iPhone, Google Calendar, Outlook PC, Outlook Web, macOS Calendar, and any app that supports iCalendar (.ics) feeds or subscriptions.

If you add your Hebcal events to one of those popular web-based calendars, you should see the same calendar events on all devices that are connected to that calendar app.

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Revised translation available for Torah/haftarot

David E. S. Stein 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 3

PROBLEM OBSERVED:  Currently the Torah/haftarah links to Sefaria rely upon that website's defaults for the English translation—which unfortunately are outdated. 

PROPOSED SOLUTION:  HebCal can specify the 2023 Revised JPS translation, which JPS continues to maintain on Sefaria (unlike its legacy translations from 1985 and 2006, which Sefaria uses as its defaults).

HOW-TO:  To specify an English version, insert "ven=" into your links. For example, for Genesis 1:1, it would look like this:

https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.1.1?ven=THE_JPS_TANAKH:_Gender-Sensitive_Edition&lang=bi

where "THE_JPS_TANAKH:_Gender-Sensitive_Edition" is the formal title of the 2023 revised translation.

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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

Thank you for this feedback!


As you know, Sefaria offers multiple translations of many books in the library which gives you and your students the opportunity to choose your favorite or compare among one or more translations.

Sefaria has a couple of articles that both give instructions for picking your preferred translation and their philosophy on why they offer multiple translations.


https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/511573?lang=bi


https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/383892?lang=bi

Note that if you set your preferred translation while you are logged into Sefaria, you will continue to get that exact translation offered to you every time you return to Sefaria as a logged-in user.

We intend to continue to use the URL linking structure we already use on Hebcal.com, because it lets Sefaria display each user's preferred translation.

The approach you suggest above would force users to always see the 2023 translation, which would be an editorial decision that we do not wish to impose upon our users. We would prefer to let them see the translation of their own choosing.

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an app for android

Badbocher 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1

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. 

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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

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.

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this a great source thank you. Can I add heb dates to my Outlook Mobile app?

Bernie 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1
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In hebcal settings there is not an option for English.

mdshapiro73 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

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. 

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the Spanish translation is not correct as it is half English and half in Spanish

Beatrice 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago 3

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

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Haftarah for Parashat Matot-Masei which is also Rosh Chodesh this year

rachel 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1

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?

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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

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. 

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Pessach Sheni

I C. 6 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago 1

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.

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Michael J. Radwin 6 months ago

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 

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yom kippur fast

Mordechai Guterman 7 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 7 months ago 3

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"}

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Michael J. Radwin 7 months ago

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

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Русский язык

Ezra 7 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 7 months ago 1

При создании календаря на русском языке получается такая ошибка, Как это можно исправить?

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Michael J. Radwin 7 months ago

The issue is fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!