Incorrect Parasha on sundays
I'm making a calendar app that displays zmanim and the parasha of a selected date, I'm using the shabbat times REST API to get the parasha and it works great with the exception of sundays, where I get the parsha of last week.
Take this call for example https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&m=45&gy=2022&gm=05&gd=01&lg=es&latitude=19.4349023&longitude=-99.2069489
The parasha of that day should be Kedoshim, but the API is giving the parasha of last week Ajarei Mot.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi, thanks for using the Hebcal APIs, and thanks for the bug report.
You aren't doing anything wrong - it looks like you found a bug in our timezone logic!
We believe we have fixed the issue and deployed a change. Please take a look and let us know if it seems to be working correctly now.
yartzeit mistake
hi. I have created a yartzeit calendar containing 11 names, and downloaded it to my google calendar. everything works well, EXCEPT, one of the names populates on the wrong date! I have deleted it from the yartzeit calendar and then entered it again, I have updated the yartzeit calendar, I have deleted the calendar from my google calendar and readded it, and this one yartzeit always comes back as the wrong date! I am really at a loss as to what the next steps are to fix this problem. Thank you.
Yahrzeit calendar
I want to make a yahrzeit calendar. I have Hebrew month and date only (no Year)
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal. You can create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years at this page
https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
Once you've created your personal calendar, you can print it out, sign up for free annual email reminders, and/or download to your favorite calendar app.
If you know the Hebrew but not the Gregorian date, use the Hebrew Date Converter to get the Gregorian date and then come back to the Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar page.
If you don't know the Hebrew year, it may be difficult to get a correct date conversion.
The rules for calculating birthdays and yahrzeits are a bit complicated and depend on the actual attributes of the Hebrew year they occurred in -- was it a leap year (Adar vs. Adar I vs. Adar II)? Short Kislev? Long Cheshvan?
You can read more about the complexities here: https://www.hebcal.com/home/54/anniversaries-adar-cheshvan-kislev
This is why we recommend you put in the actual date of the birth or death (e.g. original year) and not the current year.
Thanks for using Hebcal. Yes, we offer a Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar.
Create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years. Free annual email reminders & calendar downloads.
Yes and no. Yes, if you enter this year into the form you will get a perpetual calendar based on those dates. However, you may inadvertently create an inaccurate calendar!
The rules for calculating birthdays and yahrzeits are a bit complicated and depend on the actual attributes of the Hebrew year they occurred in (was it a leap year? Short Kislev? Long Cheshvan?). It's unlikely that this year matches the form of the year the birth or death occurred.
https://www.hebcal.com/home/54/anniversaries-adar-cheshvan-kislev
This is why we recommend you put in the actual date of the birth or death (e.g. original year) and not the current year.
Romanian translation or version of HebCal ?
Hi,
I'm Bodin Florin C. from Romania. Do you have Romanian language of the website and applications ?
Error in Maftir for Chol Hamoed Sukkot this year
Posted this on github as well:
You have a problem with using your own data on your website. For 2022-10-15 the "leyningmaftir" from your REST API is Numbers 29:26-29:31. This is the standard maftir for Chol Hamoed Sukkot, and is the same as Chabad's: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/137613/jewish/Sukkot.htm
However, your website https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/sukkot-2022?i=on lists Numbers 29:29-34. Have no idea where this comes from other than it being the 4th aliyot of Hoshana Raba, the next day.
And, interestingly, your puzzling concatenation field, "leyningtorah" on that day shows: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 29:17-22, 29:20-25, 29:23-28, 29:26-31, 29:29-34 Which is not at all what is read. But the final 8 characters: "29:29-34" are the same as the odd "leyningmaftir."
Thanks for using Hebcal, and thanks for finding and reporting this bug.
We have corrected the issue and pushed changes to the website.
The omer count on Alexa in Israel
The omer count on Alexa is off (you get the old day's count) in Israel in the evening. It seems to straighten out by morning. Is there a workaround for this?
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