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Thank you for corresponding with us privately, the information you provided was very helpful. We've fixed the issue on the Hebcal website, and Arizona ZIP codes now correctly follow the Daylight Saving Time rules. Our apologies for the inaccuracy.
Based on your feedback, we have made a minor change to the calendar events. If the name contains BOTH Hebrew letters and also English letters, the anniversary titles will once again be rendered in English. If the name contains at least one Hebrew letter (א through ת) and contains no English letters (A-Z), then the anniversary title will continue to be rendered in Hebrew.
Yes, the Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar offers a CSV Import feature. No, there is no way to copy from one Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar to another Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar.
Please note that even if you create a new Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar, the calendar feed will still contain the word "yahrzeit" in every event description as you have noticed earlier. Again, this is because each event, regardless of type, includes a link back to the website to allow editing, and the website URL happens to contain the word yahrzeit.
We're sorry to hear that you're continuing to have difficulty. Hebcal is a 100% free website run entirely by volunteers. Our mission is to increase awareness of Jewish holidays and to help Jews to be observant of the mitzvot. If our Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar doesn't work for your needs, we understand completely and we wish you well!
You can customize your Google Calendar feed at https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal
To disable Rosh Hashana LaBehemot, uncheck the "Minor Holidays" checkbox.
After you select your options, click Create Calendar. Then you'll be able to click the Download button to connect Hebcal to Google Calendar.
Yes, this is expected. The website for the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar is located at https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
and as such, any embedded links back to the website will always contain the world Yahrzeit as part of the URL, regardless of whether the event is a birthday, anniversary, or Yahrzeit.
Hebcal's Torah reading and holiday web pages link to Sefaria. Sefaria is an online open source, free content, digital library of Jewish texts available to read online in Hebrew and English including Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, commentaries and more.
Sefaria offers many different translations of the Torah. The default English translations currently is the 2006 JPS translation.
Thank you, this was very helpful. We've fixed the issue on the hebcal website. Our apologies for the inaccuracy.
Hi, thank you for using the Hebcal APIs.
You are correct that if you specify a location in Israel such as Jerusalem, the API automatically assumes only one day of yom tov. There is no way to disable the Israel holiday schedule if you specify a city for candle-lighting and fast times.
You can work around this by making two separate calls to the API, and then merge the results together in your application.
The first would be for Diaspora holidays and Torah readings only, like the following:
The second could be for Jerusalem candle-lighting times only, with no holidays or Torah reading:
Note carefully the URL differences. The first URL uses c=off s=on maj=on. The second URL uses c=on s=off maj=off
We hope this helps!
Customer support service by UserEcho
Thank you for using the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar. We're sorry to hear about your difficulty finding your personal calendar.
Hebcal’s Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar lets you create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years. Once your personal list has been created, you can subscribe to free annual email reminders & calendar downloads to Apple, Google, Outlook, and more.
To keep things simple, Hebcal does not require any user registration or login. After creating your calendar, you may optionally sign up to receive annual reminder emails (sent one week before and one day before each anniversary).
If you only added your calendar feed to Google Calendar and did not subscribe to annual reminders, Google Calendar doesn't reveal your personal email address to Hebcal. As such, if you try searching for an existing Yahrzeit + Anniversary Calendar by email address, you won't find your calendar.