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According to our sources, Chanukah candles should generally be lit at nightfall, except for erev Shabbat when they must be lit at regular candles lighting time (18 minutes before sunset). 

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In Israel there is only one day of Shavuot. In the diaspora there are two days. 

Please be sure that you download the version that matches your location. 

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If you know the Hebrew but not the Gregorian date, use the Hebrew Date Converter to get the Gregorian date and then come back to the Yahrzeit and Anniversary page.

In your case, if you already have the Hebrew date, you don't need the exact time of death. When you convert from Hebrew to Gregorian date, you'll want to use the "before sunset" option on the Yahrzeit page to retain the same Hebrew date.

Thanks for the feedback - the PDF for Hebrew dates now shows both transliterations and Hebrew text.

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To display a Jewish calendar on your website, you can use event data from Hebcal.com and the open source JavaScript event calendar from fullcalendar.io.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/1223/display-a-jewish-calendar-on-your-website-with-hebcal-fullcalendar-io

Hi Linda, thanks for noticing! We'll get the Hebrew translation up there soon.

In Israel only, the 5th day of Sukkot Chol haMoed can fall on Shabbat. This will happen in 2022, for example:

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/sukkot-2022?i=on#reading

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According to Merriam Webster, Ethanim is the 7th month of the ancient Hebrew calendar corresponding to Tishri

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ethanim

Hi, thanks for using Hebcal! We've recently made some changes to our Hebrew birthday calendar, which will sync to iPhone. Give it a try at https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit and let us know if it works for you!

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We have adjusted the navigation buttons to be displayed on small displays, but still hidden on extra-small displays. If you're using Hebcal on a mobile phone you will see both the year and month navigation buttons on landscape view, and you'll see just the year navigation on portrait view.

Thanks! We've published this change on the website now.