Sorry to hear about this difficulty! Can you share the exact URL that your iCal is subscribed to so we can investigate?

We will happily provide further instructions or guidance after we have investigated on our end. 

Alternatively you can try unsubscribing and then making a new subscription.

unsubscribing from iCal is a very simple 2-step process

https://www.hebcal.com/home/78/apple-ical-delete-hebcal-jewish-calendar

and here are instructions on how to add a new iCal subscription 

https://www.hebcal.com/home/79/apple-ical-import-hebcal-jewish-calendar

Users who have visited Sefaria before and set their preferred translation will continue to see their preferred translations every time they come back to Sefaria, whether directly or via Hebcal.

Users who have never been to Sefaria before will see a notice that informs them that multiple translations are available and lets them change their translation. 

Calendars created by Hebcal are easily downloaded and imported into various calendar apps, including iPhone, Google Calendar, Outlook PC, Outlook Web, macOS Calendar, and any app that supports iCalendar (.ics) feeds or subscriptions.

If you add your Hebcal events to one of those popular web-based calendars, you should see the same calendar events on all devices that are connected to that calendar app.

Thank you for this feedback!

As you know, Sefaria offers multiple translations of many books in the library which gives you and your students the opportunity to choose your favorite or compare among one or more translations.

Sefaria has a couple of articles that both give instructions for picking your preferred translation and their philosophy on why they offer multiple translations.

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/511573?lang=bi

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/383892?lang=bi

Note that if you set your preferred translation while you are logged into Sefaria, you will continue to get that exact translation offered to you every time you return to Sefaria as a logged-in user.

We intend to continue to use the URL linking structure we already use on Hebcal.com, because it lets Sefaria display each user's preferred translation.

The approach you suggest above would force users to always see the 2023 translation, which would be an editorial decision that we do not wish to impose upon our users. We would prefer to let them see the translation of their own choosing.

Thank you for your question! 

Hebcal.com defaults to Sephardic transliterations for Jewish calendar event titles. You can also change the language to Ashkenazic transliterations. 

one of these two options is probably what you want if you are looking for “English” language settings on Hebcal. 

The following instructions demonstrate how to subscribe to a Hebcal calendar on Outlook.com (sometimes called “Outlook Web”). Outlook.com calendars are used by Windows 10 & 11, Outlook Mac, and Microsoft email accounts such as Hotmail.com, MSN.com and Live.com.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/4400/outlook-web-jewish-holidays

Thanks so much for the suggestion. Hebcal.com does not have an official Android app. There is an app on the Google Play Store that uses the Hebcal name and is unaffiliated with Hebcal.com

Although we do not currently have any plans to make an official Android app, you can export Hebcal calendar events to Goggle Calendar and then your Android device will see the events.

Thanks for your question. 

For Matot-Masei 5785, here are the Haftarah:

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 4:1-2; Isaiah 66:1, 66:23 · 29 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

This is the case in general when a special haftarah supercedes another special haftarah. Sephardim add the first and last verse of the superceded haftarah. Ashkenazim generally do not. 

there are some Ashkenazim who follow this practice as well, but the prevalent Ashknezic practice is not to add these verses. This is the opinion of Rabbi Joel Roth, who is the posek for the Rabbi Miles Cohen Luah.  In general the Hebcal website accords with the Ashkenazic traditions explained by these experts. 

Pesach Sheni occurs every year on 14 Iyar (not 15 Iyar). This is exactly one month after 14 Nisan, the day before Passover, which was the day prescribed for bringing the Korban Pesach ("Paschal offering", i.e. Passover lamb) in anticipation of that holiday.

in other words, our dates for Pesach Sheni are correct. We are sorry if there is any confusion. We do not list Erev Pesach Sheni on the website 

Because YK is a major holiday and not a minor fast, we treat it the same as other major holidays. To find fast start and end times, use the Candle lighting event that corresponds to Erev Yom Kippur, and the Havdalah event immediately following Yom Kippur