Events are on the wrong days
I don't know when Hebcal became a subscription (I used to just download the csv and upload to my Apple calendar), but I just discovered that events are on the wrong days. Specifically, the fast of the firstborn is listed as ending on Wednesday evening but starting on Thursday (which is correct). Candlelighting for Pesach is listed as being on Thursday, the 25th. But I'm not allowed to fix these errors since I'm subscribed. Is there any way for me to correct these minor errors?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal and sorry to hear about this problem. We haven't seen anything quite like what you describe before, so our recommendation would be to delete/unsubscribe from Hebcal on your Apple device and start over
The Feast of Booths/The LORD's Festival of Tabernacles.
Hello Friends, how come we don't have the Feast of Booths otherwise known as the LORD's Festival of Tabernacles according to the book of Leviticus 23:34 on the Hebcal? Is this an oversight?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!
https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/sukkot
Sukkot (Feast of Booths) for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Monday, 20 September 2021 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 27 September 2021.
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal and we're sorry to hear about your troubles.
We don't have any software that displays a date in the upper right hand corner of your desktop. I'm not sure what application is causing that, but I don't think it's coming from Hebcal. You may need to ask the Apple Genius Bar to help you identify which application is displaying the date.
Follow these instructions if you no longer wish to subscribe to Hebcal in the native Calendar.app on macOS (formerly called iCal on Mac OS X).
https://www.hebcal.com/home/78/apple-ical-delete-hebcal-jewish-calendar
If you inadvertently merged the Hebcal calendar events with your personal calendar and you didn’t use the Subscription feature, use our delete Hebcal merged events instructions instead.
Generate a list of Yahrzeit dates, Hebrew Birthdays, or Hebrew Anniversaries at https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
In the form, enter the date of death. After you generate a personal anniversary calendar, you will be able to print, subscribe to annual email reminders, or download a multi-year calendar feed to Apple, Google, Outlook, and other calendar apps.
Hebrew RSS feed
Hi there,
I would like to implement RSS feed for Shabat times, Holidays and weekly Torah portion.
I've managed to change some of the text to Hebrew by changing the lg=h, but still I get a lot of English..
https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=r&geonameid=293969&b=40&M=on&lg=h&pubDate=0
else, if you could help me with IFRAME tag that will show the information I need.
thanks!
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.
We offer translations of event titles into Hebrew, Spanish, French, etc, but other fields such as memo/description are still available only in English.
Zmanim API shows results for different dates
I am noticing that sometimes the zmanim API shows results for the next day for certain locations.
For example, tonight around 8:10 PM CT https://www.hebcal.com/zmanim?cfg=json&zip=60613 is showing results for 3/11/2021 and https://www.hebcal.com/zmanim?cfg=json&zip=60076 is showing results for 3/12/2021. These are two Chicago area zip codes, so they should both show results for the same date.
I believe this is likely a caching issue. When I inspect the headers I see these two values
last-modified: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:45:05 GMT
last-modified: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 02:10:26 GMT
Hi Steven, thanks for catching this bug. The logic for picking today's date when there is no start, end or date parameter was defaulting to today's date in UTC instead of the date at the timezone based on the location.
The issue has been fixed now and those different URLs should give consistent results.
You can always specify an explicit date like https://www.hebcal.com/zmanim?cfg=json&zip=60613&date=2021-03-12 if you don't want the implicit "today" feature.
Yarzheit Confusion
Figuring out yarzheits is not explained thoroughly in the yarzheits or help sections. It merely states to enter a date, but does not say which date: Is it the date the person was born, the date they died, or the date they were buried? Which is it? & Why?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.
Yahrzeit refers to the anniversary, according to the Hebrew calendar, of the day of death of a loved one. Alternative spellings include yahrtzeit, yortsayt, and yartzeit. On the anniversary of a death, it is the custom to light a candle to commemorate the departure of a loved one. [1]
In the form, enter the date of death (or birth or anniversary). Use the "+ Add another name" button at the bottom of the page to add additional names. After you generate a personal anniversary calendar, you will be able to print, subscribe to annual email reminders, or download a multi-year calendar feed to Apple, Google, Outlook, or other web, desktop and mobile calendar apps.
Portuguese translation of API
Is there any plan for translating the information into Portuguese? I saw that there are couple of other languages (Russian, Spanish, et cetera) and I think having the API translated to Portuguese could be beneficial to Brazilian Jewish community, as one of the biggest outside Israel.
I searched across github repository and found some .po files. I do not know if I can start translating and than send one .po file (to be honest I do not know exactly what those files are).
To conclude, I can be a volunteer translating to Portuguese if there is no planing or any special group doing this job, as I am a Portuguese native speaker.
Thank you for your attention and maintain hebcal,
Pedro
Hi, thanks for the generous offer! We'd love your help to offer a Portuguese transliteration.
You can use a tool like Poedit to create the translation file https://poedit.net/
We suggest you download a file like the Spanish language translation, and rename it "pt.po" and then make your edits there. Once you've finished, you can email the file to webmaster@hebcal.com and we will incorporate it into the website within a few days.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hebcal/hebcal-locales/master/po/es.po
Do y'all have a molad calendar option?
I would love to have Kiddush levanah in my calendar, do y'all have that as an option somewhere?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.
Can you check your candle lighting times and confirm you are using 18 minutes before sundown? This is the Hebcal default but you may have set it to another value, for example 38 minutes before sundown.
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