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No Havdalah event on 12/28/2019
The following API call returns no Havdalah event on December 28, 2019:
Answer
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": "Candle lighting: 4:16pm",
"date": "2019-12-27T16:16:00-05:00",
"category": "candles",
"title_orig": "Candle lighting",
"hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"
},
{
"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",
"date": "2019-12-28T17:22:00-05:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2019?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
},
{
"title": "Havdalah (47 min): 5:22pm",
"date": "2019-12-28T17:22:00-05:00",
"category": "havdalah",
"title_orig": "Havdalah",
"hebrew": "הבדלה (47 דקות)"
},
{
"title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",
"date": "2019-12-29T17:07:00-05:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2019?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
}
Correct! 12/28 shows only one category, for chanukah candles
{
"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles: 5:35pm",
"memo": "The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah",
"subcat": "major",
"category": "holiday",
"date": "2019-12-28T17:35:00-05:00"
}
Customer support service by UserEcho
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).
https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal/?v=1&cfg=json&maj=on&min=off&mod=off&nx=off&year=2019&month=12&ss=off&mf=off&c=on&geo=zip&zip=11581&m=47&s=off&b=18&leyning=off
{ "title": "Candle lighting: 4:16pm", "date": "2019-12-27T16:16:00-05:00", "category": "candles", "title_orig": "Candle lighting", "hebrew": "הדלקת נרות" }, { "title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles", "date": "2019-12-28T17:22:00-05:00", "category": "holiday", "subcat": "major", "hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות", "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2019?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api", "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights" }, { "title": "Havdalah (47 min): 5:22pm", "date": "2019-12-28T17:22:00-05:00", "category": "havdalah", "title_orig": "Havdalah", "hebrew": "הבדלה (47 דקות)" }, { "title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles", "date": "2019-12-29T17:07:00-05:00", "category": "holiday", "subcat": "major", "hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות", "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2019?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api", "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights" }