Several users discovered an error in the Haftarah reading for Parashat Pinchas.
When Pinchas falls after the 17th of Tammuz, we read Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3. If Pinchas occurs before the 17th of Tammuz, we read I Kings 18:46 – 19:21. We have revised the Torah Portion page to clarify this distinction.
Many calendar desktop, mobile or web apps support the iCalendar (.ICS file extension) format. Hebcal has specific instructions for the major calendar apps in that consume iCalendar files (see below).
For minor calendar apps, Hebcal recommends the following:
Specific instructions for the major calendar apps which use iCalendar format:
Included in the Hebcal Jewish holiday downloads are options to select major holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Pesach, etc.), minor holidays (Purim, Chanukah, etc.), special Shabbatot, public fasts (Tish’a B’Av, etc.), Rosh Chodesh, and modern holidays (Yom HaAtzma’ut, etc.)
The built-in calendar app for your Android device syncs automatically with Google Calendar. To get Jewish holidays on your Android device, please follow our Google Calendar Jewish holidays download instructions. Included in the Hebcal Jewish holiday downloads are options to select major holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Pesach, etc.), minor holidays (Purim, Chanukah, etc.), special Shabbatot, public fasts (Tish’a B’Av, etc.), Rosh Chodesh, and modern holidays (Yom HaAtzma’ut, etc.).
After subscribing to the Hebcal calendar on Google Calendar, go back to your Android device. Follow these steps to ensure that the Jewish calendar is visible from your device:
If you wish to see the פרשת השבוע (weekly Torah portion) in your Facebook news feed, please “Like” the Hebcal page on Facebook.
Our new Hebcal Shabbat Times WordPress plugin displays candle-lighting time, Torah Portion, and havdalah time in a WordPress widget. If you run a synagogue or other local Judaism-related website, you can get customized times based on your USA Zip code.
An alternative approach is to use the WordPress built-in RSS Widget and configure as follows:
WordPress RSS Widget screenshot
Hebcal.com offers a REST API for fetching Jewish calendar data. The output format is in JSON.
The basic URL format is as follows:
http://www.hebcal.com/hebcal/?v=1;cfg=json;nh=on;nx=on;year=now;month=x;ss=on;mf=on;c=on;zip=90210;m=72;s=on
Note the following customizable parameters and their meanings:
Note mutually exclusive language parameter:
And example output looks like this:
{
"title":"Hebcal 2011 Beverly Hills, CA 90210",
"link":"http:\/\/www.hebcal.com\/hebcal\/?v=1;nh=on;nx=on;year=2011;month=x;ss=on;mf=on;c=on;zip=90210;m=72;s=on;geo=zip;tz=-8;dst=usa",
"date":"2011-06-16T19:32:11-00:00",
"latitude":34.0925,
"longitude":-118.4099,
"items":[
{
"title":"Candle lighting: 4:42pm",
"category":"candles",
"date":"2011-01-07T16:42:00-08:00"
},
{
"title":"Parashat Bo",
"category":"parashat",
"date":"2011-01-08",
"link":"http:\/\/www.hebcal.com\/sedrot\/bo",
"hebrew":"פרשת בא"
},
{
"title":"Havdalah (72 min): 6:13pm",
"category":"havdalah",
"date":"2011-01-08T18:13:00-08:00"
},
{
"title":"Tu B'Shvat",
"category":"holiday",
"date":"2011-01-20",
"link":"http:\/\/www.hebcal.com\/holidays\/tu-bshvat",
"hebrew":"טו בשבט"
}
]
}
If you don’t want candle lighting times, just use c=off and omit the zip and m parameters.
By popular demand, we’ve added Pesach Sheni, a minor holiday that comes every year on the 14th of Iyyar, one month after Passover.
We have also added Erev Purim and Erev Tish’a B’Av dates to the Hebcal calendar on the days prior to Purim and Tish’a B’Av. Previously the “Erev” dates were only displayed for major yom tov holidays, but both of these holidays have significant evening-time congregational events associated with them.
Follow these instructions to add a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed to Yahoo! Calendar.
Included in the Hebcal Jewish holiday downloads are options to select major holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Pesach, etc.), minor holidays (Purim, Chanukah, etc.), special Shabbatot, public fasts (Tish’a B’Av, etc.), Rosh Chodesh, and modern holidays (Yom HaAtzma’ut, etc.).
Jewish holiday download support for Outlook 2011 for Mac OS X has been added to the hebcal.com website. See our download and import instructions for more details.
Follow these instructions to add a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed to Palm Desktop 6.2.
Note that these instructions do not work for the older Palm Desktop 4.1.4. If you are using the older version, please instead use our Palm Desktop 4.1.4 for Windows instructions.
First, you’ll need to download a vCal (.vcs format) file from hebcal.com:
Next, import that file into Palm Desktop:
Included in the Hebcal Jewish holiday downloads are options to select major holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Pesach, etc.), minor holidays (Purim, Chanukah, etc.), special Shabbatot, public fasts (Tish’a B’Av, etc.), Rosh Chodesh, and modern holidays (Yom HaAtzma’ut, etc.).