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Add language option for the date REST API

Rem113 5 years ago updated 5 years ago 2

Hi,

I'm currently building an Android app using your REST API, mainly to get the date in hebrew.

However, with each request comes a list of "events" like omer day, parashat of the week, etc.

But the events are described in english.

I'd like to request a language option, since i'm builing an app for french people.

I could help you with the translation.


Thanks in advance,

Hillel Saal

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

Hello, thanks for using Hebcal!

We have added documentation for the lg= parameter to this API:

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

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PARAHSA BUG

1 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago 4

Hi

We use PHP xml from this link = https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?cfg=xml to get parashat hashvua

Please see that the parasha is not currect!

03.05.19 = Parashat Achrei Mot 

the parasha is need to be KEDUSHIM!

please fix this....

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

This API is behaving correctly for Diaspora.

To get parasha haShavua via API for Israel, please use this advanced API

https://www.hebcal.com/home/219/hebrew-date-converter-rest-api

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Workaround for removing merged Hebcal events in your main event calendar.

melissadv 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 2

First, SHAME ON YOU for providing an easy destructive install!  It's inexcusable. This should not be an option at all. Your instructions for removal didn't entirely work on MacOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), probably because High Sierra reformats the hard drive. Here's what DOES work:

1. Select the merged calendar and Search for "hebcal" and delete. (On High Sierra, this removed very little.)

2. Delete remaining items using successive searches that capture multiple items—e.g., month names (Iyyar, Adar, Sh'vat, etc.) and other items (Omer). In a short time, you can clean up the calendar. 

P.S. I've been a UX Designer for many years. Allowing a destructive install breaks a primary rule for good behavior. The fact that the calendar is free just means that you provide no support. Shame! At least update your removal instructions to include this workaround

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Shabbat and holidays parasha list in combobox

refuas 5 years ago updated 5 years ago 5

Hello,

I am using PHP and I need to display the list of shabbat parasha with the holidays of an entire hebrew year in a combobox. can anyone help me find the right code for that

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. You can definitely use this API to get exactly what you want. Just specify nx=off&nh=off&s=on 

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

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candle lighting

Avremi 5 years ago updated 5 years ago 5

How do I get the actual candle lighting time to show as the event instead of 'candle lighting'?

It used to be this way for me but I recently unsubscribed and resubscribed and I can't figure out how to make it to the way it was.

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!


To display candle-lighting times in your desktop/web/mobile calendar, you'll find different instructions depending on your calendar program (Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple, etc) here

https://www.hebcal.com/home/category/import

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Jewish + US local holidays

Naomi Arbel 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago 1

Is it possible to include both Jewish holidays as well as US National holidays for a download to print the calendar?

I tried but did not succeed. Only Jewish days were marked...

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Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago

Hi, thanks for your message, and thanks for using Hebcal!

If you'd like to show US holidays on a calendar alongside Hebcal events, we'd recommend downloading from Hebcal into a calendar application such as Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar (on macOS or iOS). 

You'll find instructions on how to download here: https://www.hebcal.com/home/category/import

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How did y’all get 5780?

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

Hi, thanks for your message!

To learn about the Hebrew calendar, we suggest this excellent introduction from Judaism 101:

http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm

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Hebrew Calendar Calculator

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

Dear Jebcal Jewish Calendar Staff:


I am currently interested in the Hebrew Calendar Calculator.


Is there any way I can download yours?


This is an excellent tool.


Sometimes I just do not have Internet and would like to still be able to use the

Hebrew Calendar Calculator locally without an internet connection.

Thank you much in advance.

Sincerely,

Dwight

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Please I am from Ghana and new in oerlinghausen near Bielefeld and I want a place where I can worship on shabbat my email is essenaduro2019@gmail.com

essenaduro2019 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 years ago 1

Please I am from Ghana and new in oerlinghausen near Bielefeld and I want a place where I can worship on shabbat my email is

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Pinchas when Shabbat is the 17th of Tammuz

JoshG 5 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 1

When the 17th of Tammuz falls on Shabbat, the fast is delayed until Sunday.  In 2019 Parashat Pinchas is read on such a Shabbat, so the haftarah read is the one for Pinchas and not the one for the first Shabbat in the Three Weeks.  But on the Hebcal website it thinks that Pinchas falls after the 17th of Tammuz this year (see https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/pinchas) so it indicates the wrong haftarah.