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Hi, can you please let us know if this continues to be a problem? We have made some changes to how Outlook events are generated from Hebcal and we believe we have fixed the issue.

This issue was fixed several months ago. We reverted to 12-hour format for Brazil.

Hi, thanks for the feedback.

We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).

https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&cfg=json&c=on&maj=on&min=on&zip=02906&year=2016&month=12&leyning=off

{

"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

"category": "holiday",

"subcat": "major",

"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

},

{

"title": "Candle lighting: 4:05pm",

"date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

"category": "candles",

"title_orig": "Candle lighting",

"hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"

},

{

"title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",

"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

"category": "holiday",

"subcat": "major",

"hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",

"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

},

{

"title": "Havdalah: 5:11pm",

"date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

"category": "havdalah",

"title_orig": "Havdalah",

"hebrew": "הבדלה"

}


    Hi!

    Aliyot for special Shabbatot that include three Sifrei Torah have been improved. We read from three Sifrei Torah when Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat HaCodesh, Shabbat Shekalim or Shabbat Chanukah. Although some minyanim have the custom of reading 8 aliyot, we now take the more common approach of including the typical 7 aliyot for Shabbat. The 1st Sefer Torah is for regular Torah reading (aliyot 1-6), the 2nd Sefer Torah is read for the 7th aliyah for Rosh Chodesh (Numbers 28:9-15) and the 3rd Sefer Torah is read for the maftir aliyah (the special Shabbat).

    Hi, thanks for the feedback.

    We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).

    http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679&gy=2015&gm=12&gd=12

    {

    "title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

    "date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",

    "category": "holiday",

    "subcat": "major",

    "hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

    "leyning": {

    "7": "Numbers 28:9 - 28:15",

    "haftarah": "Zechariah 2:14-4:7",

    "maftir": "Numbers 7:42 - 7:47"

    },

    "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2015?i=on&utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

    "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

    },

    {

    "title": "Havdalah (20 min): 16:56",

    "date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",

    "category": "havdalah",

    "title_orig": "Havdalah",

    "hebrew": "הבדלה (20 דקות)"

    },


    Thanks for the feedback. We have always spelled Chanukah correctly as follows:

    חֲנוּכָּה

    Perhaps the font we were using 3 years ago (Alef) didn't display the Kaf in the way you expected. Here's how it used to look on our website:



    We switched to SBL Hebrew about a year ago because we find that serif Hebrew fonts are easier for non-Israelis to read

    Hi, thanks for the feedback.

    We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).

    https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&cfg=json&c=on&maj=on&min=on&zip=02906&year=2016&month=12&leyning=off

    {

    "title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

    "date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

    "category": "holiday",

    "subcat": "major",

    "hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

    "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

    "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

    },

    {

    "title": "Candle lighting: 4:05pm",

    "date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

    "category": "candles",

    "title_orig": "Candle lighting",

    "hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"

    },

    {

    "title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",

    "date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

    "category": "holiday",

    "subcat": "major",

    "hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",

    "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

    "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

    },

    {

    "title": "Havdalah: 5:11pm",

    "date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

    "category": "havdalah",

    "title_orig": "Havdalah",

    "hebrew": "הבדלה"

    }

    Hi, thanks for the feedback.

    We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).

    https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&cfg=json&c=on&maj=on&min=on&zip=02906&year=2016&month=12&leyning=off


    {

    "title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",

    "date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

    "category": "holiday",

    "subcat": "major",

    "hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",

    "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

    "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

    },

    {

    "title": "Candle lighting: 4:05pm",

    "date": "2016-12-30T16:05:00-05:00",

    "category": "candles",

    "title_orig": "Candle lighting",

    "hebrew": "הדלקת נרות"

    },

    {

    "title": "Chanukah: 8 Candles",

    "date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

    "category": "holiday",

    "subcat": "major",

    "hebrew": "חנוכה: ח׳ נרות",

    "link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2016?utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",

    "memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"

    },

    {

    "title": "Havdalah: 5:11pm",

    "date": "2016-12-31T17:11:00-05:00",

    "category": "havdalah",

    "title_orig": "Havdalah",

    "hebrew": "הבדלה"

    }