Forum for Hebcal.com - Free Jewish holiday calendars, Hebrew date converters and Shabbat times
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Pirkei Avos

Srulie T 6 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 1

Any way to add the weekjly perek to the database?

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Outlook 2016 - Days Cross Over

Neil M 7 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 1

Downloaded ICS for Outlook 2016 for Israel. However, it shows each day as staddling two days e.g. 1 AV will start on one english day and carry onto the next. I think its because its picking up each "event" as starting at 1am and finishing at 1am.

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago

Hi Neil, thanks for being a long time Hebcal user and reporting this bug many years ago. Although we corresponded privately recently, I'm also answering this question here for others who may be searching for the answer.

We were finally able to reproduce this error on Outlook 365 web. We made two changes to our iCalendar feeds to fix the problem for you:

1. Our .ics feeds so they include X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE which according to some Microsoft documentation might fix the problem.

2. Our VTIMEZONE implementation for Asia/Jerusalem (the timezone that is used throughout Israel) has been modified so it only uses a simpler, current Daylight Saving Time rules (which clocks are advanced by one hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October). This is perfectly accurate for any calendars 2013 and later (when the Israeli government standardized and simplified DST rules).

Shana Tova!

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How old am I in Hebrew years?

Shia 8 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 8 years ago 1

Do you have a calculator to find out one's age in Hebrew time?

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Chabad days lubavitch

Chana 5 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 2

Many thanks for an amazing playform!

Is there a ready to set calendar of chabad dayes? 

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Planned

Eleven months calculator for end of Kaddish for Parent

Rabbi David Cantor 12 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 12 months ago 1

we have a local tradition of saying Kaddish for a parent for "Eleven months less a day". I would find it helpful to have "the end of Kaddish for a parent" date added to the Yahrzeit calculator, and also the ability to count the first yahrzeit from the day of burial.

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Please Add Havadala Times in Alexa Skill ("Alexa, ask HebCal for Havdalah Time in Brooklyn")

Benazar 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 1

I was doing a quick by setting up a routine to trigger every Sat night but it seems this command doesn't exit within the skill

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Just Yom tov calender.

sherry-bevels-0p 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 5

I know the yom tovs are in bold on the hebcal calender but just want a yom tov calender please.


a yom tov calender would allow one to know there is no work simply by the fact that the entry exists. No I interpretation or further analysis needed. 

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

We've added a feature for IFTTT and other APIs where you can append ?yto=1 to a Hebcal URL so the events that show up are only yom tov holidays.

For example:

https://download.hebcal.com/v4/CAFAAWoBc4ABAZgBAaABAQ/hebcal.ics?yto=1

For Gregorian year 2023, for example, only the following holidays would be considered Yom Tov:

Thu 06 AprPesach I
Fri 07 AprPesach II
Wed 12 AprPesach VII
Thu 13 AprPesach VIII
Fri 26 MayShavuot I
Sat 27 MayShavuot II
Sat 16 SepRosh Hashana 5784
Sun 17 SepRosh Hashana II
Mon 25 SepYom Kippur
Sat 30 SepSukkot I
Sun 01 OctSukkot II
Sat 07 OctShmini Atzeret
Sun 08 OctSimchat Torah

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Dirshu calendar

Shalom H 2 years ago updated by avr g 2 months ago 2

I was wondering if you can make a calendar with the Dirshu schedule of Mishna Berura Yomi. 

The schedule is available at https://dafhalacha.com/limud-schedule/

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What about the 4 blood moons 2014-2015 as an event feature to be added

jubilees6969 5 years ago updated by Cassandra D. Everhart 5 years ago 1

How about  adding

the 4 blood moons of 2014-2015  being the final jubilee year event,to your customizactions

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Shabbos later this year prior to the first day of Chanukah

risa mandell 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 2

thanks for Hebcal.  Shabbos this past Friday, December 20 began in Philadelphia, PA USA at 4:19; that’s two minutes later than the previous Shabbos.  Usually, Shabbos doesn’t start to get later until the following one or two Sabbaths following Chanukah.  What’s going on?