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multiple copies of Hebcal in my iCal on my Mac

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

On my iMac calendar I had 58 copies of Hebcal, deleted them one by one. Now I have 70 copies of Hebcal in my calendar and my calendar is frozen. On the phone with Apple for 2 hours. Nothing worked.

If anybody has this issue, I would appreciate hearing about a solutions.

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Not a bug

The wrong haftarah is listed for Shabbat Hanukkah 2022

Rabbi Randall Mark 2 years ago updated 2 years ago 2
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Logic to iterate through output and grab the "correct" Shabbat

Leon Adato 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 2

NOTE: The issue below is a programming question. I'm relatively new to "real" coding (versus utility scripts with very narrow scopes), so my belief is that this is a simple case of how to build the correct looping and logic structures. It's not an issue with the API itself or my use of it. I think.
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I'm building an automatically-generated list of Shabbat dates and calculating times for mincha, candles, etc based on my shul's particular shitot. I want to grab every Saturday, but I only want to grab each Saturday ONCE.


My problem is that if I set the Major holiday switch (maj) to off, I'm missing some Shabbats.

(example, 9/23 because that's shabbat chol hamoed Sukkot, not a normal Shabbat.)


BUT if I include maj=on, I get some double saturdays

(example: 12/04, which is a 'regular' Shabbat but also noted as the 7th night of Chanukah)


So I need to figure out how to programatically grab or filter the "correct" one.

Here's a sample of the API string I'm generating:

https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&cfg=json&maj=on&min=off&nx=off&mf=off&ss=off&s=on&c=off&i=off&leyning=off&geo=pos&latitude=41.4902062&longitude=-81.517477&tzid=America/New_York&start=2021-09-07&end=2022-09-26


To see the current state of the code, check here:
https://clevelandsephardiminyan.com/wp-content/zmanim/fullyear_0-3.php

And the code (such as it is) can be found here:
https://github.com/adatole/sephardic_zmanim_fullyear

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How do I unsubscribe a yartzeit e-mail subscription

risa a kennedy 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 2
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Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal and our yahrzeit email reminder service.

You'll find an unsubscribe link at the bottom of every Yahrzeit email reminder message like the following:

Yahrzeit reminder email messages come from Hebcal and have a subject like "Yahrzeit Observance for October 20-21"


If for some reason you can't find the Yahrzeit  message, please send an email to mradwin@hebcal.com and we'll look your email address up in our database and get you unsubscribed.

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באג בפרשת שבוע פינחס

israel wissotzky 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 3

בממהיר תאריכים לתאריך כ תמוז תשפ"ב כתוב פרשת פנחס 

למרות שבפועל זה פרשת מטות 

https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?cfg=json&gy=2022&gm=7&gd=19&h2g=1&lg=h 

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Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

If you're using the REST API you can append &i=on to the URL and you'll get results for Israel instead of the Diaspora.

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?cfg=json&gy=2022&gm=4&gd=23&h2g=1&lg=h&i=on

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Fixed

Chanukah candle count seems to be wrong. Tonight, kislev 26, we light 2 candles, not 3

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

Hi, thanks so much for the feedback and bug report. We investigated the issue and agree that the count looked incorrect for some locations if you visited the Hebcal.com homepage after sunset.

We have modified the candle count to match the correct number of candles based on your latitude/longitude, and we've further clarified by adding the day of the week instead of "tonight"

Chanukah Sameach!

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Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

Hi Rabbi, thanks for using Hebcal and thanks for your message.

The Hebcal.com website does list Parashat Tazria as year 3 of triennial cycle for the current year.


Tazria 5782 / תַזְרִיעַ

Read on 2 April 2022 / 1 Nisan 5782


https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/tazria-20220402

Did you find a page that indicates that the April 2022 reading is for the 2nd year? If so, could you send us the URL and a screenshot?

Chanukah Sameach!

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Fixed

Update documentation to include date range "hebcal" API?

Leon Adato 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 1

I'm putting together a page that will show the Parsha hashavua and specific times for a given Hebrew year. 

The hebcal.com/hebcal? API will give me the Shabbat dates for a year, but only (as far as I can see) a Gregorian year. 


I tested out the &start= and &end= option which is documented in the hebcal.com/zmanim page, and found it works. 


The fact that it works is lovely. The fact that it's not described on the hebal.com/hebcal page is perhaps less lovely. I'm willing to pitch in and help with the documentation if that helps.

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Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

Thanks for using Hebcal and thanks for this suggestion!


We have updated the Jewish Calendar REST API documentation to reflect the availability of the start/end parameters

https://www.hebcal.com/home/195/jewish-calendar-rest-api

Chanukah Sameach!

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Fixed

Chanukah Rosh Hodesh Maftir?

oreozp 2 years ago updated 2 years ago 2

Aliyah #4 for Rosh Hodesh + Chanukah on a weekday (e.g. Day 7 in 2021) is listed as a maftir, but there is no Haftarah that day. It should just be the 4th aliyah.

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Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago

Thanks for using Hebcal, and thanks so much for catching this error!

We have fixed the aliyot so the 4th aliyah is listed as 4 and not maftir. You may need to refresh the page to see the corrected version.

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2021#reading-chanukah-day-7-on-rosh-chodesh


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Add to Google calendar

suzy chomer 2 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 2 years ago 1

Trying to add calendar for 2022 onwards to Google, when it switches to the calendar app, says that calendar no longer exists