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.
Need help figuring out a feed using Time.ly
I've been having trouble with Time.ly's csv feed for a few months. Before this, I had everything I need until the end of 2019.
I was thrilled to see I could use Hebcal as a feed, so I selected everything I wanted on my calendar with a starting date of 2020 and imported it into Time.ly with no problem. However, I now have duplicates for 2018 and 2019, very little for 2020, and everything except major holidays for 2021.
Any ideas of what I may have done wrong would be helpful. I can no longer get to the csv feeds, so I'd have to delete things one by one if it comes to that - ugh!
The URL is www.ruach.org/calendar. I don't know if this is something you can help with, or if I need to go back to Time.ly.
Thanks,
Marcy
install hebcal on linux distribution
Hi
I need to build a website with jewish calendar and I want to install hebcal on my own server to use it with API.
How I can install it on Linux (Ubuntu or Centos 7)?
Is HebcalJs a good option for my needs?
Thks
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