Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.

Our website agrees with you and we publish Shmini for this coming Shabbat. Where did you see a page that said 26 March 2022 is Parshat Tazria? If you've found a page that's incorrect we'd like to fix it!

For reference, here are two pages on our website that list 26 March 2022 as Parashat Shmini.

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=26&gm=3&gy=2022&g2h=1

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/shmini-20220326

We finally fixed this one!

Hi, thanks again for posting this bug report. We've been busy searching for the right sources so we can publish the correct Torah readings for Israel.

Below follows our draft Torah readings for the holiday in Israel for the coming year. 

Can you take a look below and compare with your sources and let us know if this looks correct to you?

Pesach for Hebrew Year 5782 begins in Israel 🇮🇱 at sundown on Friday, 15 April 2022 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 22 April 2022.

Pesach I (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Saturday, 16 April 2022 / 15 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25

1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim ·
2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim ·
3: Exodus 12:29-32 · 4 p’sukim ·
4: Exodus 12:33-36 · 4 p’sukim ·
5: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim ·
6: Exodus 12:43-47 · 5 p’sukim ·
7: Exodus 12:48-51 · 4 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 · 15 p’sukim

Pesach II (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ב׳ (חוה״מ)
Sunday, 17 April 2022 / 16 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Leviticus 22:26-23:14 · 22 p’sukim ·
2: Leviticus 23:15-32 · 18 p’sukim ·
3: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim ·
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim ·

Pesach III (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ג׳ (חוה״מ)
Monday, 18 April 2022 / 17 Nisan 5782

Pesach IV (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ד׳ (חוה״מ)
Tuesday, 19 April 2022 / 18 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim ·
2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim ·
3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim ·
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim ·

Pesach V (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ה׳ (חוה״מ)
Wednesday, 20 April 2022 / 19 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Exodus 34:1-26; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 34:1-10 · 10 p’sukim ·
2: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim ·
3: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim ·
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim ·

Pesach VI (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ו׳ (חוה״מ)
Thursday, 21 April 2022 / 20 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25

1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim ·
3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim ·
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim ·

Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳
Friday, 22 April 2022 / 21 Nisan 5782

Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim ·
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim ·
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim ·
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.

Our website agrees with you and we publish Tzav for this coming Shabbat. Where did you see a page that said 19 March 2022 is Parshat Shemini?

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=19&gm=3&gy=2022&g2h=1

Hi, thanks for the excellent explanation. We're so very sorry for any confusion or difficulty you experienced here.

In November 2020, the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly voted to change how triennial Torah readings work in year 3 for some of the Torah portions.

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.

The following parshiyot have been modified:

• Vayakhel
• Tazria
• Achrei Mot
• Behar
• Chukat
• Matot

Further details are available in the responsa: Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years, Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, November 16, 2020

We were unaware of the CJLS responsa for about a year -- and then, in December 2021 we updated our Torah reading pages to match the new schedule.

It's obviously up to the rabbi of your congregation to decide, but in my (also layperson's) opinion, it seems perfectly acceptable for a congregation to continue to use the original triennial Torah readings that the CJLS first published in 1998 and Hebcal.com republished until December 2021.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/3824/triennial-torah-reading-revision

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal.

We didn't fully understand your question. Are you looking for the Torah reading page for Parashat Vayikra in 2023? Here it is:

https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/vayikra-20230325

Parashat Tazria in 2022 happens to be a 3-sefer-Torah Shabbat! Shabbat HaChodesh coincides with Rosh Chodesh Nisan once every 3-4 years. We wrote a short article about this on our website:

https://www.hebcal.com/home/3966/three-torah-scrolls-on-shabbat

You can tell this by examining the Parashat Tazria page and looking at the special aliyot listed in green.

If your mother passed away on March 18, 2004 then indeed the yahrzeit is observed in Adar I in leap years and Adar during ordinary years.

In fact, this is exactly what the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar produces:

https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit?v=yahrzeit&y1=2004&m1=3&d1=18&t1=Yahrzeit

Where are you seeing different results for March 18, 2004?

Hebcal uses the algorithm defined in Calendrical Calculations by Edward M. Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz, which accords with Ashkenazic practice.

The customary anniversary date of a death is more complicated and depends also on the character of the year in which the first anniversary occurs. There are several cases:

• If the date of death is Marcheshvan 30, the anniversary in general depends on the first anniversary; if that first anniversary was not Marcheshvan 30, use the day before Kislev 1.
• If the date of death is Kislev 30, the anniversary in general again depends on the first anniversary — if that was not Kislev 30, use the day before Tevet 1.
• If the date of death is Adar II, the anniversary is the same day in the last month of the Hebrew year (Adar or Adar II).
• If the date of death is Adar I 30, the anniversary in a Hebrew year that is not a leap year (in which Adar only has 29 days) is the last day in Shevat.
• In all other cases, use the normal (that is, same month number) anniversary of the date of death.

[Calendrical Calculations p. 113]

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• Show Hebrew date for dates with some event
• Show Hebrew date every day of the year