Hi, thanks for using Hebcal, and we're sorry to hear about this difficulty subscribing to the Hebcal calendar on Google.

Can you try subscribing from a desktop/laptop computer (not a mobile phone) and see if that fixes the problem for you?

https://www.hebcal.com/home/60/google-calendar-jewish-holidays

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.

Shabbat Hanukkah in Gregorian year 2022 occurs on December 24. Here is the Hebcal parsha page where we list the leyning:

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/miketz-20221224

The page lists the following:

Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim ☞ Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah ☜

Do you believe that this is an error? If so, can you point us to a source that lists an alternate reading?

Similarly, if you want to represent numbers using gematriya, you can avoid using the REST API completely and instead use a simple gematriya function in the programming language of your choice.

Here's the implementation that Hebcal uses. If you don't use JavaScript, you'll see it's extremely straightforward to port to another programming language.

https://github.com/hebcal/hebcal-es6/blob/main/src/gematriya.js

For example, here's a port to Swift

https://github.com/hebcal/hebcal-swift/blob/main/Sources/Hebcal/hebnum.swift

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal. and we're so sorry to hear about those problems with your iMac calendar app.

We're not aware of the cause of the problem, and unfortunately if Apple support couldn't help you for 2 hours it sounds like a very difficult problem.

One idea we might try if we were in a similar situation would be to create an entirely new macOS user on the same computer and see if you have the same problem. Apple posts some instructions here:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-other-users-on-your-mac-mtusr001/mac

Then, if you find that the new user can use the calendar without duplicate copies, you could copy over your other personal documents, pictures, etc and delete the problematic macOS user account.

Hello again, we've been alerted to a recent revision to the Triennial aliyot which explains the discrepancy you see between what Hebcal had published and Rabbi Miles B. Cohen's luach.

In November 2020, the CJLS modified the triennial cycle for some combined parshiyot to change the reading for year 3 to be the third section of the parashah.

Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years, Rabbi Miles B. Cohen

We have implemented the revised aliyah scheme according to the CJLS and updated our web page earlier today to match

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/achrei-mot-20220430

Triennial year 3

1: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim

2: 17:8-12 · 5 p’sukim

3: 17:13-16 · 4 p’sukim

4: 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim

5: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim

6: 18:22-25 · 4 p’sukim 

7: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim 

maf: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim

Shabbat Shalom!

Glad you got the problem solved!

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal's Zmanim API!

To avoid excessive CPU usage and ensure quick response times, we limit the total range for Zmanim to be 45 days. If the "end" parameter is more than 45 days after the "start" parameter, is reset to 45 days.

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal's leyning information.

Hebcal follows the document A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah, published by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly. The leyning for Achrei Mot comes directly from this source.

Here is a screenshot of the relevant except from that document. This is year 3 of a cycle for variation "A", where Achrei Mot and Kedoshim are read together, together, and then separately.

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal and our yahrzeit email reminder service.

You'll find an unsubscribe link at the bottom of every Yahrzeit email reminder message like the following:

Yahrzeit reminder email messages come from Hebcal and have a subject like "Yahrzeit Observance for October 20-21"

If for some reason you can't find the Yahrzeit  message, please send an email to mradwin@hebcal.com and we'll look your email address up in our database and get you unsubscribed.

Thanks for using Hebcal, and thanks so much for catching this error!

We have fixed the aliyot so the 4th aliyah is listed as 4 and not maftir. You may need to refresh the page to see the corrected version.

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2021#reading-chanukah-day-7-on-rosh-chodesh