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Thanks for using Hebcal.

We regret that we currently don't have the expertise to research this. Do you have a good reference you can point to that lists all of the Chabad holidays that are separate from the standard Jewish holidays?

Thank you for using Hebcal. We are sorry to hear you are having difficulty seeing fast days in your Outlook calendar.


Which fast day is missing? We see Tzom Gedaliah on October 6, Asara BTevet on January 10, etc. 

Thank you for the suggestion! We will consider this for a future version of the Hebcal website.

Shana Tova! We wish you a good inscription in the Book of Life.

Thanks for the feedback. We see how this was confusing.

The page was giving the date and linking to the Vayakhel (single parsha) for 2025. We have corrected it so it now more clearly displays the following:

Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei is the 22nd and 23rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on14 Mar 2026 / 25 Adar 5786.

Thanks for using Hebcal. Hebrew year 5785 is not a leap year.

Vayakhel and Pekudei are read separately in 5785

To see when the parshiyot are read separately or together in the Diaspora, consult the List of Dates section of 


https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/vayakhel

Thank you for using Hebcal and thanks for contacting us about this error in the weekday leyning spreadsheets.

Another user reported this error and we fixed the spreadsheets on Friday right before Shabbat. If you check again, you will see the following corrected readings, which concur with the conservative Luach Hashana 5785 published by Rabbi Miles Cohen

Date Parashah Weekday Aliyah Reading
7-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 1 Deuteronomy 33:1-33:7
7-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 2 Deuteronomy 33:8-33:12
7-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 3 Deuteronomy 33:13-33:17
10-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 1 Deuteronomy 33:1-33:7
10-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 2 Deuteronomy 33:8-33:12
10-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 3 Deuteronomy 33:13-33:17
14-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 1 Deuteronomy 33:1-33:7
14-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 2 Deuteronomy 33:8-33:12
14-Oct-24 Vezot Haberakhah 3 Deuteronomy 33:13-33:17


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That's great! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks again. We have corrected the verses on Hebcal.com so they now align with Sefaria.org.

Hi, thanks for using the Hebcal APIs!

The date range in the example you posted is from 2025-01-24 to 2025-01-25. Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat occurs on Thursday, 30 January 2025.


The Shabbat times REST API a similar URL and response format as our full Jewish calendar REST API, but offers less control over the dates and times. If you find you want more fine-grained control over the date ranges, or what kinds of events are included and which are excluded, we recommend using the full Jewish calendar REST API instead.

Thank you for the feedback!


It's easy in most calendar applications to set a recurrence rule every Saturday to block off your calendar as busy the entire day. Hebcal.com doesn't have that feature because it's built into standard Gregorian calendars, and our users will have more control and more familiarity if they do so using their native calendar app.

I personally block off Friday afternoons in the winter with a "do not schedule" starting at about 3:30pm so I can get home in time for Shabbos and so my coworkers won't try to schedule anything late. 


It would be a handy feature to automatically block Friday afternoons using a user specified number of minutes before candle lighting time (e.g. 90 minutes or 60 minutes or whatever you choose). Alas, we are unlikely to have time to implement it anytime soon.