Links to pages for joint parashot broken
When you try to go to the sedrah page for joint parashot (Behar-Behukotai, Achrei Mot-Kedoshim, Matot-Masei, etc) you get an error page that says, "Error 500. Cannot read property 'match' of undefined."
Thanks for the bug report! The problem has been fixed now. We're very sorry for the inconvenience.
Cannot subscribe error in iPhone
Hi,
I tried downloading the events for an iPhone, and it worked in one phone, but another phone I get this error:
Create a query to determine whether today is yomtov or shabbat
Hi, We're making a process in Zapier that needs to abort if it's yomtov to avoid sending out messages when it isn't appropriate. Is there a way to generate RSS or JSON which we can then parse with Zapier to see whether today is yomtov? At the moment I can only see ways to generate lists for a whole month or year?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.
You should be able to do this using our Jewish Calendar API by setting the start and end parameters to be today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format, and setting maj=on for only major holidays. Then, you'll need to see if items is empty - and if it's not, check to see if the object inside contains yomtov: true.
For example, here's the second day of Pesach in the Diaspora:
http://hebcal.com/hebcal?cfg=json&v=1&maj=on&leyning=off&start=2021-03-29&end=2021-03-29
{
"title": "Hebcal Diaspora March 2021",
"date": "2021-02-08T00:07:43.224Z",
"location": {
"geo": "none"
},
"items": [
{
"title": "Pesach II",
"date": "2021-03-29",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"yomtov": true,
"hebrew": "פסח יום ב׳",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/pesach-2021?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Also called Chag HaMatzot (the Festival of Matzah), it commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt"
}
]
And here's an example of non-yomtov - Chol haMoed Sukkot
http://hebcal.com/hebcal?cfg=json&v=1&maj=on&leyning=off&start=2021-09-24&end=2021-09-24
{
"title": "Hebcal Diaspora September 2021",
"date": "2021-02-08T00:11:48.425Z",
"location": {
"geo": "none"
},
"items": [
{
"title": "Sukkot IV (CH''M)",
"date": "2021-09-24",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "סוכות יום ד׳ (חול המועד)",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/sukkot-2021?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Feast of Booths"
}
]
}
If you pick a day that has no major holidays, you'll get an empty items array:
http://hebcal.com/hebcal?cfg=json&v=1&maj=on&leyning=off&start=2021-06-01&end=2021-06-01
{
"title": "Hebcal Diaspora 2021",
"date": "2021-02-08T00:13:45.611Z",
"location": {
"geo": "none"
},
"items": []
}
multiple (100’s) of the same yahzeit
On my iPhone, how do I stop having multiple (100’s) of the same yahzeit event listed each anniversary? Is there an update that I can install?
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal, and sorry to hear you're having trouble with your yahrzeit calendar on iPhone.
Could you send us the Yahrzeit calendar subscription URL for debugging via private message? We'd love to investigate further on our server-side to see what's causing the problem.
To remove the Yahrzeit calendar completely, you can follow these instructions:
Hebcal is correct.
When the actual date of Yom Hashoah falls on a Friday, the state of Israel observes Yom Hashoah on the preceding Thursday. When it falls on a Sunday, Yom Hashoah is observed on the following Monday. In the United States, Days of Remembrance runs from the Sunday before Yom Hashoah through the following Sunday.
2021 Thursday, April 8
https://www.ushmm.org/remember/days-of-remembrance/resources/calendar
last year's Hebcal Jewish holidays, Torah readings etc. disappeared from my calendar - how to restore?
I subscribe and have Hebcal's Jewish holidays, Torah portions, etc. downloaded on iCal (Mac and iPhone). I just noticed that, at the beginning of 2021, data from all previous calendar years disappeared from my phone and Mac. I have my phone set to sync all events, not just recent events, so it's not my settings. I don't recall this having happened in past years. How do I fix this? Even though the past data is past, there are times when it would be convenient to go back to this info. Obviously there are other online sources, including Hebcal, to look up dates for previous years' Jewish holidays, Torah portions, etc., but having it on the calendar is convenient.
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal - and sorry to hear about this inconvenience.
Our perpetual feeds are deliberately kept small to let calendar apps run more quickly.
If you'd like to see past year(s) events for historical reference, you can use the "Alternate option" on the download dialog box to get a past year .ics file on your Mac desktop. Then, you can import that into the calendar application of your choice (e.g. the macOS Calendar.app).
This approach lets you have a private copy (not feed) of past calendar events which won't refresh automatically.
Can a 4th download be added. Israel (Triennial).
Can you please add a 4th option to your download - Torah readings for Israel but for triennial readings to your download CSV file. We use the Israeli calendar but we still only read triennial. Now I have to combine the Full Kriyah with the Triennial. It is time consuming and I find I make mistakes.
Shabbat full event time calendar export
can you add an option to have shabbat and other yomim tovim as a feel event, aka the shabbat event starts at 4.30 pm Friday afternoon and ends 530 pm Saturday night, as opposed to the current system where the start time and end time are separate events
I am trying to automate my home shabbat mode based shabbat and yom tov times (so my motion detectors dont turn on lights on shabbos etc) and need the entire shabbat time blocked out
2 questions that are important for me to know about api rest for Shabbat times
1) Is it constant that in set 0 it is candle lighting and in set 2 it is Shabbat departure?
Array
(
[title] => Hebcal Jerusalem January 2021
[date] => 2021-01-17T13:08:58.174Z
[location] => Array
(
[title] => Jerusalem, Israel
[city] => Jerusalem
[tzid] => Asia/Jerusalem
[latitude] => 31.76904
[longitude] => 35.21633
[cc] => IL
[country] => Israel
[admin1] => Jerusalem
[geo] => geoname
[geonameid] => 281184
)
[items] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[title] => Candle lighting: 16:22
[date] => 2021-01-22T16:22:00+02:00
[category] => candles
[title_orig] => Candle lighting
[hebrew] => הדלקת נרות
)
[1] => Array
(
[title] => Parashat Bo
[date] => 2021-01-23
[category] => parashat
[hebrew] => פרשת בא
[leyning] => Array
(
[1] => Exodus 10:1 - 10:11
[2] => Exodus 10:12 - 10:23
[3] => Exodus 10:24 - 11:3
[4] => Exodus 11:4 - 12:20
[5] => Exodus 12:21 - 12:28
[6] => Exodus 12:29 - 12:51
[7] => Exodus 13:1 - 13:16
[torah] => Exodus 10:1-13:16
[haftarah] => Jeremiah 46:13 - 46:28
[maftir] => Exodus 13:14 - 13:16
)
[link] => https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/bo-20210123?i=on&utm_source=js&utm_medium=api
)
[2] => Array
(
[title] => Havdalah: 17:42
[date] => 2021-01-23T17:42:00+02:00
[category] => havdalah
[title_orig] => Havdalah
[hebrew] => הבדלה
)
)
)
2) Is it regular that I access the link https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&geo=city&city=IL-Jerusalem so he will show me the details of the upcoming Shabbat that week that I access the link?
I would love to get an answer soon. Thanks
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!
1) Is it constant that in set 0 it is candle lighting and in set 2 it is Shabbat departure?
No. When there are other holidays such as Rosh Chodesh or Pesach or Purim, these will also be present in the items array.
For Shabbat candle-lighting, you must loop through items array, looking for an item that has category == candles and a date that is on Friday.
For Havdalah, you must loop through items array, looking for an item that has category == havdalah and a date that is on Saturday.
2) Is it regular that I access the link https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&geo=city&city=IL-Jerusalem so he will show me the details of the upcoming Shabbat that week that I access the link?
Yes, that URL will work correctly every week, regardless of when you access it during the week. On Sunday at 00:00 (midnight) it will refresh to the new week's events.
Shabbat Shirah is now listed among the "Special Shabbat" holidays on Hebcal.com
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