Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.

The search for chametz takes place after nightfall on the evening before Pesach. For the upcoming year, that would be the evening of Tuesday, 4 April 2023

tzeit7083deg: 20:20

tzeit85deg: 20:30

tzeit42min: 20:20

tzeit50min: 20:28

tzeit72min: 20:50

The definition of nightfall varies by custom. Here are the definitions in more detail.

tzeit7083deg – Nightfall (3 medium stars) – Tzeit 7.083°
When 3 medium stars are observable in the night sky with the naked eye (sun 7.083° below the horizon)

tzeit85deg – Nightfall (3 small stars) – Tzeit 8.5°
When 3 small stars are observable in the night sky with the naked eye (sun 8.5° below the horizon)

tzeit42min – Nightfall (3 medium stars) – Tzeit 42 minutes
When 3 medium stars are observable in the night sky with the naked eye (fixed 42 minutes after sunset)

tzeit50min – Nightfall (3 small stars) – Tzeit 50 minutes
When 3 small stars are observable in the night sky with the naked eye (fixed 50 minutes after sunset)

tzeit72min – Nightfall (Rabbeinu Tam) – Tzeit 72 minutes
When 3 small stars are observable in the night sky with the naked eye (fixed 72 minutes after sunset)

https://www.hebcal.com/zmanim?cfg=json&city=London&date=2023-04-04

Thanks for using Hebcal, and we're so sorry to hear that you're having difficulty with the candle lighting year-at-a-glance page. 

We aren't able to reproduce the problem, but we'd like to help out as other could be having the same issue. Could you send us some additional information to help us diagnose the possible cause of the problem?

* Desktop/laptop, tablet, or mobile phone?

* If regular computer, which operating system? (Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, etc)

* Which web browser? (Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc)

* What's the ZIP code you're using?

* Include any screen captures of the page so we can see how the arrows at the bottom are showing up

We've added the mincha Torah reading for Tisha B'Av and also for the minor fast day Mincha.

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/tisha-bav

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/tzom-tammuz

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/taanit-bechorot

(etc)

Tish’a B’Av / תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 4:25-40

1. 1: Deuteronomy 4:25-29 · 5 p’sukim
2. 2: Deuteronomy 4:30-35 · 6 p’sukim
3. 3: Deuteronomy 4:36-40 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Jeremiah 8:13-9:23 · 34 p’sukim

Tish’a B’Av (Mincha)

Torah Portion: Exodus 32:11-14, 34:1-10

1. 1: Exodus 32:11-14 · 4 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 55:6-56:8 · 16 p’sukim

Thanks for the suggestion! We have added a Convert today’s date link to our Hebrew Date Converter web page

Shabbat shalom!

Hi, thanks for contacting Hebcal.

Yes! Check out this page:

Candle-lighting Times Year at a Glance

Fill out the form below to get Shabbat and holiday candle lighting times and Parashat haShavuah (weekly Torah Portion) for the entire year on a single page. You can print it out and post it on your refrigerator.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/shabbat/fridge

Shabbat shalom!

It was straightforward to add the "heDateParts" field to our regular Jewish calendar REST API as well. We've done so already as adding additional fields doesn't break existing clients. Let us know if this will fix the problem for you?

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal APIs.

Yes, you are correct, this is a breaking change. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused.

If you're only looking for Hebrew date information, you can get the Hebrew year in an easy-to-parse format using this API (note the "heDateParts" field).

https://www.hebcal.com/home/219/hebrew-date-converter-rest-api

If you're working in JavaScript, which you appear to be from the code example above, you can avoid the latency of using a web API at all and just use the native implementation of HDate and HebrewCalendar from the @hebcal/core JavaScript package 

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hebcal/core

It looks like the ORT website is still offline. We have removed the links from Hebcal.com

Thanks for noticing. We hope the modest change is enough to avoid another situation like the one that occurred at your shul a couple of weeks ago.

Shabbat shalom!