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shabbat chanukah haftarah wrong

Steven Kane 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 1

you list regular shabbat haftarah for shabbat chanukah

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Starting today, calling the API is giving me a certificate error

legacy370 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 2

OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed (certificate has expired)):

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal. We are sorry to hear you are having SSL certificate expired issues.


Unfortunately, we are unable to reproduce this error.


mradwin ~ % curl --compressed -v 'https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&zip=90210'
*   Trying 45.55.96.251...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to www.hebcal.com (45.55.96.251) port 443 (#0)
* ALPN, offering h2
* ALPN, offering http/1.1
* successfully set certificate verify locations:
*   CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem
  CApath: none
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
* ALPN, server accepted to use h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=hebcal.com
*  start date: Aug 30 00:57:02 2021 GMT
*  expire date: Nov 28 00:57:01 2021 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "www.hebcal.com" matched cert's "www.hebcal.com"
*  issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=R3
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* Using HTTP2, server supports multi-use
* Connection state changed (HTTP/2 confirmed)
* Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0
* Using Stream ID: 1 (easy handle 0x7fdf7980ec00)
> GET /shabbat?cfg=json&zip=90210 HTTP/2
> Host: www.hebcal.com
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
> Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip
> 
* Connection state changed (MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS == 128)!
< HTTP/2 200 
< server: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
< date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:48:57 GMT
< content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< content-length: 770
< vary: Accept-Encoding
< etag: W/"17a-Tj/NK7JgcA6OrApV7TdezSRU3LY"
< last-modified: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:48:45 GMT
< expires: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 07:00:00 GMT
< content-encoding: gzip
< x-response-time: 6.331ms
< x-varnish: 2229171 133656
< age: 12
< via: 1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.2)
< access-control-allow-origin: *
< accept-ranges: bytes
< 
* Connection #0 to host www.hebcal.com left intact
{"title":"Hebcal Beverly Hills October 2021","date":"2021-09-30T15:48:45.277Z","location":{"title":"Beverly Hills, CA 90210","city":"Beverly Hills","tzid":"America/Los_Angeles","latitude":34.103131,"longitude":-118.416253,"cc":"US","country":"United States","admin1":"CA","geo":"zip","zip":"90210","state":"CA"},"items":[{"title":"Candle lighting: 6:19pm","date":"2021-10-01T18:19:00-07:00","category":"candles","title_orig":"Candle lighting","hebrew":"הדלקת נרות","memo":"Parashat Bereshit"},{"title":"Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Cheshvan","date":"2021-10-02","category":"mevarchim","hebrew":"שבת מברכים חודש חשון","memo":"Molad Cheshvan: Wed, 11 minutes and 12 chalakim after 12:00"},{"title":"Parashat Bereshit","date":"2021-10-02","category":"parashat","hebrew":"פרשת בראשית","leyning":{"1":"Genesis 1:1 - 2:3","2":"Genesis 2:4 - 2:19","3":"Genesis 2:20 - 3:21","4":"Genesis 3:22 - 4:18","5":"Genesis 4:19 - 4:22","6":"Genesis 4:23 - 5:24","7":"Genesis 5:25 - 6:8","torah":"Genesis 1:1-6:8","haftarah":"Isaiah 42:5 - 43:10","haftarah_sephardic":"Isaiah 42:5 - 42:21","maftir":"Genesis 6:5 - 6:8","triennial":{"1":"Genesis 5:1 - 5:5","2":"Genesis 5:6 - 5:8","3":"Genesis 5:9 - 5:14","4":"Genesis 5:15 - 5:20","5":"Genesis 5:21 - 5:24","6":"Genesis 5:25 - 5:31","7":"Genesis 5:32 - 6:8","maftir":"Genesis 6:5 - 6:8"}},"link":"https://<a href="http://www.hebcal.com" class="redactor-autoparser-object">www.hebcal.com</a>/sedrot/bereshit-20211002?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api"},{"title":"Havdalah: 7:13pm","date":"2021-10-02T19:13:00-07:00","category":"havdalah","title_orig":"Havdalah","hebrew":"הבדלה"}]}* Closing connection 0
mradwin ~ % 
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Calendar based on Hebrew years/months?

LightBen 4 years ago updated 4 years ago 2

Hi,

Is it possible with HebCal to get a calendar based on the Hebrew months and not the gregorian months? Instead of September and Tishri inside, Tishri and September/october inside for example. I tried all types of settings but it doesn't appear to exist...

Thanks!

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal and thanks for your question. You are correct, we don't currently offer a way to view/print a calendar that's primarily based on the Hebrew months. Because of our focus on integrating with other calendar apps (Apple, Google, Outlook, etc) we are a bit oriented towards the Gregorian calendar as the primary view.

Our colleagues at Judaism 101 maintain a 3-month calendar in the format you describe:

https://jewfaq.org/current.shtml

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Can the link to the Aliyot text (Sefaria or tikkun.io) display *only* the verses for that aliyot reading?

Bonnie 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 3

While it is great to have the links from HebCal directly to the chapter:verse where the aliyot begin, it would be even more amazing if it displayed ONLY the text for that specific aliyot. This would be extremely helpful for our lay readers to be able to download/print just the text they need for their reading.

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Fixed

Torah readings for Monday's and Thursday's?

etayluz 4 years ago updated 4 years ago 8

I am posting the same question that was posted by another user four years ago:

https://hebcal.userecho.com/en/communities/1/topics/229-torah-readings-on-mondays-and-thursdays

Where can I find the Torah reading Aliyah spans for Monday's and Thursday's? Currently, I am following the aliyah's as they are shown in the back of the ArtScroll siddur. I have noticed that the first three aliyah's on Monday/Thursday rarely coincide with the first three aliyah's that are recited on the following Shabbat. So they MUST be defined explicitly.

So where can I find the first three aliyah spans for Monday's and Thursday's as they are laid out in the Artscroll Sidur?

Thanks!

Answer
Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Hi, we have added weekday Torah readings to our parsha pages:

Mo'adim L'Simcha!

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Alexa Hebcal Havdalah

Edward D 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 1

When I ask for candle lighting times, it only gives Shabbos start.  It doesn't give Havdalah time.  I realize it's not on the list, but if it could be added, please.  (while I'm at it, if I ask candle lighting time erev Yom Tov, it also assumes Shabbos, even though she knows to say Chag Sameach!)

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Confused about dates on calendar

Linda Friedman 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 1

I have downloaded my father's Yahrzeit dates on the Hebcal calendar for many years.. My father passed on  the 8th of kislev. in 1999.  In 2019 it listed the Yahrzeit date of Sat, November 13, 2021 as the correct date..  I just checked on a more recent Hebcal Jewish calendar and his Yahrzeit date is now listed as Friday, November 12, 2021.  Can you help explain this to me? I am very confused.

Thanks so much!

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal, and we're sorry to hear about the confusion on yahrzeit dates.

Do you know if your father passed away before or after sunset?

If your father passed away on Wed, 17 November 1999 before sunset, then yes, the date of death is 8th of Kislev, 5760

    If your father passed away on Wed, 17 November 1999 after sunset, then the date of death is actually 9th of Kislev, 5760

    When using the Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar at https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit please be careful to select before sunset or after sunset.

    Answer
    Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

    Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!

    Please double check your location (Diaspora vs Israel) and what setting you selected in Hebcal.

    If you are located in Israel, Shmini Atzetet and Simchat Torah occur on the same day (the 22nd of Tishrei)

    If you are located in the Diaspora, Simchat Torah follows Shmini Atzetet on the 23rd of Tishrei

    https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/simchat-torah

    Shana Tova and G'mar Chatima Tova!

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    Answered

    Can i download Torah Readings 5782 Diaspora in CSV/excel format?

    Alan 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 1

    Torah Parsheot in CSV format   Can i download Torah Readings 5782 Diaspora in CSV/excel format?

    Answer
    Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

    Thanks for using Hebcal!


    See this page for details

    https://www.hebcal.com/home/48/download-aliyot-breakdown-of-torah-readings

    Shana Tova!

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    Not a bug

    candlelighting times are not showing up in your ios calendar download -- ipad

    ekelks 4 years ago updated 4 years ago 4

    candlelighting is what it says once downloaded, though the times are there before the download. 

    Answer
    Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

    Thanks for using Hebcal! We're sorry to hear that you're having trouble getting candle-lighting times to show up on your iPad.

    To fix the problem, we recommend first removing your current Hebcal calendar from your iPad, and then start over with the form to customize your candle-lighting times for your location.

    1. iPhone, iPad, iOS – remove Hebcal Jewish calendar

    https://www.hebcal.com/home/221/ios-iphone-ipad-delete

    2. iPhone & iPad Jewish holidays download

    https://www.hebcal.com/home/77/iphone-ipad-jewish-holidays

    🍏 🍯 Shana Tova! 🍯 🍏
    We wish you a happy and healthy New Year.