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The Hebcal Alexa Skill

Joseph Kamelgard 9 years ago updated by Mark A. Mandel 3 years ago 2

The Hebcal Alexa Skill is not recognizing my pronunciation of Hebcal (Heeb-kal). I have tried to speak faster, slower, from a closer distance, nothing works. Other skills work fine. Any recommendations?

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Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago

Sorry to hear that Alexa is having trouble recognizing the name of our skill.


You can try saying "Alexa, open Hebcal"

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issue with importing Yahrtzeit calendar to google or iphone

Golda Ryabinsky 9 years ago 0

I am trying to download a 20 year yahrtzeit calendar to my google or iphone calendar. In both cases, the file is downloaded as an ics file, but when i try to view in the folder or import it into my calendar, I see it is a pdf. Is there a way to fix this? I would really like to have the reminders....Thanks!

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full version

dovid g 9 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago 1

I have a "kosher" smartphone and want to know what is the difference for the paid version and how can I get it. I don't have a browser on my phone. A neighbor told me that he thinks that he paid for a full version and got benefits. thanks and it's a great program.

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Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago

Hello,


Hebcal.com does not provide Android apps, free or premium. We have been providing a Jewish holiday and calendar website since 1998. Recently, an unaffiliated 3rd party called BotenSoft released a similarly-named Android app called HebCal.


If you're looking for support for the unrelated BotenSoft product, please contact Nahum Ben-Porath of BotenSoft.

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list times in am & pm mode not only 24 hr mode

Leo Hirsch 9 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago 1
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Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago

Thanks for the bug report! We fixed the problem.

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Google calendar resets the calendar

Ofir Reuveni 9 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 8 years ago 4

Hello,


I have imported (download) Hebcal to google calendars, After some days

the calendar name changed again to Hebcal H̱adera 2015-2016 and events where

This happens over and over again

gone, Have idea what can be ?
This is the link for shared calendar

Thank you
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How to get Chanukah lighting times via API?

Aron Adler 9 years ago updated 9 years ago 2

Firstly, I am a big fan of Hebcal, and have used it before in this website.


Now I'd like to use Hebcal to display Chanukah lighting times in another website. How could I get these times on a daily basis via JavaScript request? I don't want to display them in a calendar, I just need them in a string to be requested each day.

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Havdalah time not returning in API call.

Karthik K 9 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago 1

Sometimes the API is not returning all the values (shabbat times). For example click on the link provided below. It is not displaying the havdalah time.


Example API url:

http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679

API response:

stdClass Object

(
    [title] => Modiin, Central District, Israel
    [items] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [category] => holiday
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [date] => 2015-12-07T16:55:00+02:00
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ב׳ נרות
                    [title] => Chanukah: 2 Candles: 4:55pm
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [title] => Chanukah: 3 Candles: 4:55pm
                    [category] => holiday
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [date] => 2015-12-08T16:55:00+02:00
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ג׳ נרות
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [title] => Chanukah: 4 Candles: 4:55pm
                    [category] => holiday
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [date] => 2015-12-09T16:55:00+02:00
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ד׳ נרות
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [category] => holiday
                    [date] => 2015-12-10T16:56:00+02:00
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ה׳ נרות
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                    [title] => Chanukah: 5 Candles: 4:56pm
                )

            [4] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [date] => 2015-12-11T16:16:00+02:00
                    [category] => holiday
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ו׳ נרות
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                    [title] => Chanukah: 6 Candles: 4:16pm
                )

            [5] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [hebrew] => הדלקת נרות
                    [category] => candles
                    [date] => 2015-12-11T16:16:00+02:00
                    [title] => Candle lighting: 4:16pm
                )

            [6] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [title] => Parashat Miketz
                    [category] => parashat
                    [date] => 2015-12-12
                    [hebrew] => פרשת מקץ
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/miketz
                    [leyning] => stdClass Object
                        (
                            [8] => Numbers 28:9 - 28:15 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
                            [3] => Genesis 41:39 - 41:52
                            [7] => Genesis 43:30 - 44:17
                            [maftir] => Numbers 7:42 - 7:47 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
                            [6] => Genesis 43:16 - 43:29
                            [haftarah] => Zechariah 2:14-4:7 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
                            [1] => Genesis 41:1 - 41:14
                            [torah] => Genesis 41:1 - 44:17
                            [4] => Genesis 41:53 - 42:18
                            [5] => Genesis 42:19 - 43:15
                            [2] => Genesis 41:15 - 41:38
                        )

                )

            [7] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [title] => Rosh Chodesh Tevet
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/rosh-chodesh-tevet
                    [hebrew] => ראש חודש טבת
                    [category] => holiday
                    [memo] => Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tevet
                    [date] => 2015-12-12
                )

            [8] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [title] => Chanukah: 7 Candles: 4:56pm
                    [hebrew] => חנוכה: ז׳ נרות
                    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah
                    [date] => 2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00
                    [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
                    [category] => holiday
                )

        )

    [date] => 2015-12-07T09:11:07-00:00
    [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?m=20;b=20;geonameid=6693679;maj=on;min=on;mod=on;mf=on;ss=on;nx=on;c=on;i=on;geo=geoname
    [location] => stdClass Object
        (
            [latitude] => 31.89825
            [country] => Israel
            [geonameid] => 6693679
            [city] => Modiin
            [tzid] => Asia/Jerusalem
            [title] => Modiin, Central District, Israel
            [longitude] => 35.01051
            [admin1] => Central District
            [geo] => geoname
        )

)
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Michael J. Radwin 3 years ago

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).

http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679&gy=2015&gm=12&gd=12

{

"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",

"category": "holiday",

"subcat": "major",

"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

"leyning": {

"7": "Numbers 28:9 - 28:15",

"haftarah": "Zechariah 2:14-4:7",

"maftir": "Numbers 7:42 - 7:47"

},

"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2015?i=on&utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

},

{

"title": "Havdalah (20 min): 16:56",

"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",

"category": "havdalah",

"title_orig": "Havdalah",

"hebrew": "הבדלה (20 דקות)"

},


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Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago
Hi, thanks for your message. You can specify your preference for Havdalah minutes past sundown here:




For more information about what number to specify, read this article.

http://www.hebcal.com/home/96/what-is-havdalah-or-when-does-shabbat-end


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a question about candle lighting times

ams 9 years ago updated 9 years ago 3
Hey there,

Is there a way of downloading a calendar without the candle lighting times?
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Earliest candle lighting time in summer?

Cathy Young Gramze 9 years ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 9 years ago 2
Is it possible to add the earliest Halachic candle lighting time to the iCal calendar? These 16 hour summer days with a 9PM sunset are far too late for candle lighting and then supper. and I hate having to look up the sunrise time and doing the math to calculate that time myself.