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Cannot create 2026 calendar to subscribe on Apple devices
Good day,
I've created a 2026 calendar with all the settings I used for 2025. The resulting link given to subscribe on my Apple devices is:
webcal://download.hebcal.com/v4/CAEQARgBIAEoATABUAFYh439AWoBc3AjeBKAAQGIAQGYAQGgAQG4AQHIAQHQAQE/hebcal_bay_harbor_islands.ics?color=%23b25dd3
However, when I subscribe to it, it gives me the 2025 calendar with all the options I customized. What am I doing wrong?
Also, is there a way to create a multi-year perpetual calendar to subscribe?
Thank you.
Answer
Hi, thanks for writing to Hebcal. We're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty getting a 2026 calendar on your Apple device.
Calendars exported from Hebcal via our subscription feeds (using iCalendar format) are typically “perpetual”. That is, they contain events for the current year (Gregorian or Hebrew) plus some number of years into the future. Most downloads (including Apple, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook) support these perpetual calendar subscription feeds.
When you create a custom calendar on Hebcal.com, you are presented with a dialog box that look like the screenshot below. Even if you enter a future year like 2026, you'll see text that says something like this (highlighted in yellow in the screenshot below):
This subscription is a 4-year perpetual calendar feed with events for the current year (2025) plus 3 future years.
You will also see a grey button that says something like Download 2026 only (highlighted in orange in the screenshot below). Click that button to download a 1-year .ics file and then import it into your calendar app, taking care to create a separate calendar and import Hebcal events into that new, separate calendar (lest you unintentionally add hundreds of events to your personal calendar).
Most users prefer the perpetual calendar feed because it's much easier to use and they can subscribe once and the calendar will be up-to-date for many years to come.
Also perhaps relevant reading:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/1398/number-of-years-in-calendar-feed-subscriptions
Thank you, Michael.
I read in the article at the end of your answer, and it explains that the reason why my calendar link is limited to 1 year is because I have selected Daf Yomi and Hebrew date every day of the year (size limitation). So the result is a link for the current year, 2025, with all the options I selected.
But the question remains, how do I create a subscription for next year, 2026 (without additional years), with all the options I selected?
Calendar subscriptions on Hebcal are always for the current year plus some number of future years. We do not offer a calendar subscription beginning in a future year.
If you wish to download a calendar for a future year, you can use the “Download 2026 only” approach as described above.
Customer support service by UserEcho
Hi, thanks for writing to Hebcal. We're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty getting a 2026 calendar on your Apple device.
Calendars exported from Hebcal via our subscription feeds (using iCalendar format) are typically “perpetual”. That is, they contain events for the current year (Gregorian or Hebrew) plus some number of years into the future. Most downloads (including Apple, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook) support these perpetual calendar subscription feeds.
When you create a custom calendar on Hebcal.com, you are presented with a dialog box that look like the screenshot below. Even if you enter a future year like 2026, you'll see text that says something like this (highlighted in yellow in the screenshot below):
This subscription is a 4-year perpetual calendar feed with events for the current year (2025) plus 3 future years.
You will also see a grey button that says something like Download 2026 only (highlighted in orange in the screenshot below). Click that button to download a 1-year .ics file and then import it into your calendar app, taking care to create a separate calendar and import Hebcal events into that new, separate calendar (lest you unintentionally add hundreds of events to your personal calendar).
Most users prefer the perpetual calendar feed because it's much easier to use and they can subscribe once and the calendar will be up-to-date for many years to come.
Also perhaps relevant reading:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/1398/number-of-years-in-calendar-feed-subscriptions