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multiple (100’s) of the same yahzeit

Marc Weisenfreund 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 7

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?

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

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:

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

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Why is Yom Hashoa listed on April 8, i.e. 26th day of Nisan, instead of April 9th?

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

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

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last year's Hebcal Jewish holidays, Torah readings etc. disappeared from my calendar - how to restore?

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

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.

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

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.

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Can a 4th download be added. Israel (Triennial).

torah-readers 4 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 1

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.

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Shabbat full event time calendar export

Moshe 4 years ago 0

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

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2 questions that are important for me to know about api rest for Shabbat times

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

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

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

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.

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Here are instructions on how to create a custom calendar with candle-lighting times for your city and then download to modern versions of Outlook via an Internet Calendar Subscription:

https://www.hebcal.com/home/8/outlook-ics-jewish-holidays

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French Translation of hebrew date

Rina Cohen Skalli 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago 2

Hi, 
I want t change the translation of hebrew date in French. 

It's doesn't mean anything 15eme Tevet. But 15 Tevet, How can I do that please? 
Thank you, 

Rina 

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Michael J. Radwin 4 years ago

Thanks for using Hebcal, and thanks for the feedback about the ordinal number suffixes for French numbers. We are not native French speakers, so we were using some software written by others. I apologize that it doesn't make sense.

We will plan to make changes to the Hebcal site to remove the meaningless suffix sometime in the coming week.

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Editing/deleting

Michaelv 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago 1

Is it possible to edit/delete questions/suggestions/etc. without leaving and registering again?

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

We're using UserEcho for support and feedback. Here are instructions for how to use UserEcho:

https://support.userecho.com/