30 November - Commemoration Jewish refugees from Arab countries etc.
"Modern holidays" is missing 30 November, which has been in place since 2014 ... https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Spotlight/Pages/The-Jewish-Refugees-from-Arab-Countries.aspx
Thanks for your great service.
sync with google calendar android
Hebcal successfully installed on my desktop, but does not sync with Google calendar on my Android. All other items of calendar sync successfully
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal!
We’re pleased to offer Jewish holiday downloads for many Android devices through a two step process that sends Hebcal data first to Google Calendar, and then to your Android phone or tablet.
Note that Hebcal is not an app for Android (in the Google Play sense of apps that you install). Rather, Hebcal is a website that allows you to download/export calendar data to the calendar application that comes natively with your device.
https://www.hebcal.com/home/206/android-calendar-jewish-holidays-download
Candle-lighting/havdalah times
I created a calendar for 2019 but there are no candle-lighting times or havdalah listed for any shabbos or yom tov. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Smartthings HebCal Integration
The HebCal Smartthings integration changes modes based on the candle lighting time provided by the HebCal API. The smart app code can be seen here. Recently I noticed that the smart app is switching to Sabbath mode at candle lighting time on Chanukah due to chanukah candles being listed under the "candles" category. Because of the way the JSON is parsed this is causing the smart app to trigger Sabbath mode at candle lighting time during Chanukah.
I'm not saying this is an API issue because it can be resolved by changing the app's programing, but since there are many people using this Smartthings smart app (which is an official app available in the Smartthings store) perhaps the API could be slightly adjusted so as to avoid this error?
Hi, thanks for the feedback.
We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).
{
"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",
"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
},
{
"title": "Candle lighting: 4:05pm",
"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",
"category": "candles",
"title_orig": "Candle lighting",
"hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"
},
{
"title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",
"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
},
{
"title": "Havdalah: 5:11pm",
"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",
"category": "havdalah",
"title_orig": "Havdalah",
"hebrew": "הבדלה"
}
Thanks for the feedback. We have always spelled Chanukah correctly as follows:
חֲנוּכָּה
Perhaps the font we were using 3 years ago (Alef) didn't display the Kaf in the way you expected. Here's how it used to look on our website:
We switched to SBL Hebrew about a year ago because we find that serif Hebrew fonts are easier for non-Israelis to read
Is there an official HebCal Android app?
Found a HebCal app in Google store. Is that the official app from same developer?
Thanx...
Not our app. The name isn't trademarked so we can't stop them from using it.
Parashat Miketz / Rosh Chodesh Tevet on December 8, 2018
For Parashat Miketz / Rosh Chodesh Tevet on December 8, 2018, Triennial Cycle, you have 8 plus Maftir Aliyot listed. I believe #6 & #7 should be combined as #6.
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