Not subscribed
I created a Yahrzeit Calendar.
I am getting the reminders in Google Calendar.
But Site Says i am not subscribed.
So I created a list again, getting a second set of reminders on Google Calendar.
And again Site says I am not subscribed
Thank you for using the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar. We're sorry to hear about your difficulty finding your personal calendar.
Hebcal’s Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar lets you create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years. Once your personal list has been created, you can subscribe to free annual email reminders & calendar downloads to Apple, Google, Outlook, and more.
To keep things simple, Hebcal does not require any user registration or login. After creating your calendar, you may optionally sign up to receive annual reminder emails (sent one week before and one day before each anniversary).
If you only added your calendar feed to Google Calendar and did not subscribe to annual reminders, Google Calendar doesn't reveal your personal email address to Hebcal. As such, if you try searching for an existing Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar by email address, you won't find your calendar.
Personalizing Calendar
I am using Hebcal with Google Calendar. I would like to be able to remove certain items, like "Rosh Hashana LaBehemot" on the first day of Elul. Is there a way to do this? Thanks
You can customize your Google Calendar feed at https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal
To disable Rosh Hashana LaBehemot, uncheck the "Minor Holidays" checkbox.
After you select your options, click Create Calendar. Then you'll be able to click the Download button to connect Hebcal to Google Calendar.
Hebcal's Torah reading and holiday web pages link to Sefaria. Sefaria is an online open source, free content, digital library of Jewish texts available to read online in Hebrew and English including Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, commentaries and more.
Sefaria offers many different translations of the Torah. The default English translations currently is the 2006 JPS translation.
Thank you, this was very helpful. We've fixed the issue on the hebcal website. Our apologies for the inaccuracy.
Jewish calendar REST API return zmanim for people that are located in Israel and keep 2 days yom tov
I'm using the Hebcal Jewish calendar REST API for an app that shows weekly zmanim (candle lighitng and havdalah times).
We have people that live in Israel and keep 2 days yomtov. Is there a way to call the API for a location in Israel and get back the holidays in 2 days?
For example, if I call the following:
Can I see 2 days shevuos (June 12 & June13) like I see when calling this api for a location outside of Israel?
Hi, thank you for using the Hebcal APIs.
You are correct that if you specify a location in Israel such as Jerusalem, the API automatically assumes only one day of yom tov. There is no way to disable the Israel holiday schedule if you specify a city for candle-lighting and fast times.
You can work around this by making two separate calls to the API, and then merge the results together in your application.
The first would be for Diaspora holidays and Torah readings only, like the following:
The second could be for Jerusalem candle-lighting times only, with no holidays or Torah reading:
Note carefully the URL differences. The first URL uses c=off s=on maj=on. The second URL uses c=on s=off maj=off
We hope this helps!
Pulling weekday vs weekend chagim
I'm looking to calculate for each chag, what the probability is that the full-day of chag will fall on a workday (Monday - Friday) and what is the probability of a weekend (Saturday-Sunday) over the 19 year cycle.
I would be as happy to have a way to look at probability by day of the week.
I prompted ChatGPT and other AI bots, but they all got the dates totally wrong.
Is there a way to easily pull this from hebcal?
Hi, thanks for your message. This is pretty easy to calculate using the Hebcal command-line interface. Here's the general idea:
$ hebcal --chag-only -w | egrep -v "(Erev|CH''M|Hoshana)"
4/23/2024 Tue, Pesach I
4/24/2024 Wed, Pesach II
4/29/2024 Mon, Pesach VII
4/30/2024 Tue, Pesach VIII
6/12/2024 Wed, Shavuot I
6/13/2024 Thu, Shavuot II
10/3/2024 Thu, Rosh Hashana 5785
10/4/2024 Fri, Rosh Hashana II
10/12/2024 Sat, Yom Kippur
10/17/2024 Thu, Sukkot I
10/18/2024 Fri, Sukkot II
10/24/2024 Thu, Shmini Atzeret
10/25/2024 Fri, Simchat Torah
Now we need to just count how many times each holiday occurs on Sat or Sun versus another day
$ hebcal --chag-only -w --years 100 2000 | egrep -v "(Erev|CH''M|Hoshana)" | grep "Yom Kippur" | egrep "(Sat|Sun)," | wc -l
32
Here is a summary:
- Rosh Hashana: 58 / 200 chag days on Saturday or Sunday
- Yom Kippur: 32 / 100 days on Saturday or Sunday
- Sukkot: 58 / 200 chag days on Saturday or Sunday
- Pesach: 117 / 400 chag days on Saturday or Sunday
- Shavuot: 56 / 200 chag days on Saturday or Sunday
Note that we used a 100 year window to approximate. Note that has little to do with the 19-year cycle and more to do with the interaction between the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars. See the Jewish-Gregorian calendar correspondence cycle for more details on that. A calculation can be done with 1000 years, yielding similar results.
A similar calculation could be done for Israel if you add the -i flag, and adjust for the Israeli weekend (Friday + Saturday).
The Yesod veshoresh hovodah says to bring Mashiach, do good to people who did bad to you. He says it from Zohar that this stops tragedies and antisemitism. Pray for people who hurt you to get the most Olom Habah and then pray for Mashiach and for everyon
The Yesod veshoresh hovodah says to bring Mashiach, do good to people who did bad to you. He says it from Zohar that this stops tragedies and antisemitism. Pray for people who hurt you to get the most Olom Habah and then pray for Mashiach and for everyone to have Techiyas hameisim. Put this sign in shul, Email this to everyone
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