Chofetz Chaim Daily

OK, we've started working on this and have a partially-working version. Open this page and scroll down towards the bottom for the Daily Chofetz Chaim calendar feed:

https://www.hebcal.com/ical/

There's at least one known problem for the last day of learning Hakdamah where the text doesn't seem to line up correctly with Sefaria's layout. It's possible it's actually an error on Sefaria's side - more investigation needed.

Thank you for pointing to those sources.

Regrettably, my Hebrew is very weak and I probably won't be able to utilize those sources without some assistance. Would you be willing to prepare a spreadsheet to help out?

If you were able to create something like this (using the example from pages 251-253), this would probably be sufficient to code up a perpetual calendar feed.

If I understand the layout of the book correctly, the corresponding pages in Sefaria for those dates above would be these:

Part One, The Prohibition Against Lashon Hara, Principle 7, Seif 7

Part One, The Prohibition Against Lashon Hara, Principle 7, Seif 8

Good morning Michael,

I may have found a source that has already done the work of creating a spreadsheet. I hope to hear back from them on Monday on whether they can provide it to me or not.

I will keep you posted.

Great! That would definitely help.

Shabbat shalom!

Michael,

I hope you had a wonderful Shabbos. I ended up spending some time yesterday working on this. I have a completed spreadsheet that is very similar to what you requested. Where can I send it?

Thank you!

Thanks! You can send to mradwin@hebcal.com

We probably won't be able to begin implementing this until after Pesach. You can go ahead and send the document as soon as you're ready and we'll find some time to take a quick look to give you some feedback.

Thank you, sent!

Thank you Michael,

Yes, this all seems correct. I wish I had the time to sift through it and create the spreadsheet. Would you know anyone who reads Hebrew that I can pay for the data entry? If you don't, I can try to locate someone. (I think this can be very helpful for many people, myself included, that's why I would be happy to sponsor the cost provided that it is reasonable)

Thank you again!

We've done a bit of research here and we aren't clear if there is a standard learning schedule here.

ArtScroll publishes two completely different cycles. There's a 128-day cycle in their Chofetz Chaim: A Daily Companion (Day 1: The Source of Exile, Day 2: Irrefutable Proof, Day 127: Financial Commitments, Day 128:  In Closing).

There's an alternate 178-day cycle in ArtScroll's Chofetz Chaim: A Lesson A Day.

Are there other sources of this learning cycle beyond these two offered by ArtScroll? Which do you study?

It's also not yet clear how to link either of these cycles to Sefaria, but of course we agree that any published calendar should ideally link directly to the sources on Sefaria.

Here is a link to an online copy of the Hebrew book - https://hebrewbooks.org/47570 (in the online reading version of this website, you can search the text and turn pages from the top bar). If you look at the individual pages, you will see the Hebrew dates that show that day's learning. For example, on page 251, it says 

לוח יומי: שנה פשוטה - ל חשון, כט אדר, כט תמוז        שנה מעוברת: ב כסלו, יא אדר ב, כא תמוז

since this year is not a leap year, this would be today's Halacha.

There is a similar setup for his second famous sefer called Shmiras Halashon. The only difference is that it is only completed once a year.

Here is the link for that one - https://hebrewbooks.org/47571 (see page 214 for today's Halacha)

Thank you for looking into it! 

Artscroll created their own two English-adapted versions of the Hebrew Book. The original Hebrew version has its own cycle that allows you to complete it three times a year. Is there an email address I can forward the information to once I find an online version?

Regarding how to link it, I would go with a standard link placed in the notes of the calendar event of each day. Like this - https://www.sefaria.org/Chofetz_Chaim%2C_Part_One%2C_The_Prohibition_Against_Lashon_Hara%2C_Principle_1.1?lang=en

Thank you for your time!

Thank you! I also have an excellent idea for this and all daily learning schedules. It would be super convenient to have a direct link to the page of that day's daily learning in the Sefaria app in the calendar's notes (On an iPhone, it allows each calendar invite to have a specific note). A separate link for each of the daily learnings.

Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion! We'll look into the Chofetz Chaim calendar cycle details and will get back to you about the feasibility and timeline.

I would like to add that I've been using the calendar for several years now, and I greatly appreciate what you have done to make my life so much easier.