Category Archives: News
Parashat Pinchas Haftarah correction
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 … Continue reading
Hebcal Facebook page
If you wish to see the פרשת השבוע (weekly Torah portion) in your Facebook news feed, please “Like” the Hebcal page on Facebook.
Pesach Sheni, Erev Purim, Erev Tish’a B’Av
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 … Continue reading
Added Outlook 2011 Mac OS X
Jewish holiday download support for Outlook 2011 for Mac OS X has been added to the hebcal.com website. See our for more details.
Asara b’Tevet bug fix
Beginning with Hebcal for Unix 3.9, Asara B’Tevet is allowed to fall on a Friday. This is a significant bugfix. According to http://www.ou.org/chagim/roshchodesh/tevet/fast.htm If a public fast occurs on Erev Shabbat, we fast the entire day till the conclusion of … Continue reading
Hebcal.com site redesign
After 8 years, we’ve finally redesigned the Hebcal.com website to be a little more modern-looking and easier to navigate with a menu on every page. We’re also using the WordPress content management system to manage our help pages and other … Continue reading
Hebcal for Unix source code moved to Mercurial
Developers: the hebcal for Unix source code is now stored in a Mercurial repository, hosted by sourceforget.net. You can browse the hebcal hg repository. (Previously the source code had been stored in a CVS repository, also on sf.net.)
Time zone fixed for Arizona iCalendar users
We’ve fixed a timezone issue for Arizona that was affecting Apple iCal, Google Calendar, and other iCalendar users. Hebcal.com now uses the “America/Phoenix” timezone instead of “US/Mountain” for all candle-lighting and havdalah times in the state of Arizona. Our apologies … Continue reading
New Hebrew-only calendar option
By popular demand, we are pleased to announce a Hebrew-only calendar. Previously users had to see both Hebrew and transliterations, but we’ve added more flexibility in how the results get displayed. On the Hebcal Custom Calendar page, there is a … Continue reading
Yahoo! Calendar and Windows Live Calendar support
Hebcal now offers the ability to export to both Yahoo! Calendar and Windows Live Calendar.