Category Archives: Developers, APIs, RSS Feeds, Source Code

We offer a simple API for converting between Gregorian and Hebrew dates. Two output formats are supported: JSON and XML. To convert from Gregorian to Hebrew date use this URL format: http://www.hebcal.com/converter/?cfg=json&gy=2011&gm=6&gd=2&g2h=1 gy=2011 – Gregorian year gm=6 – Gregorian month … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

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: year=now – “now” for current year, or 4-digit … Continue reading →

You may use the HTML tags below, courtesy of Kevin Ilsen’ JavaScript Event Calendar to put a calendar on your website. of what the event calendar looks like. If you just want holidays and no candle-lighting times, put these tags … Continue reading →

Here is an example of a JavaScript calendar using the instructions. This example is for Beverly Hills, CA 90210: #myCalendarContainer table { width: 680px } #myCalendarContainer table td.dayHasEvent { height: 70px } #myCalendarContainer table td.dayBlank { height: 70px } var … Continue reading →

To display today’s Hebrew date in Hebrew or in English transliteration, on your site, use one of these two tags: Hebrew <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.hebcal.com/etc/hdate-he.js"></script> Preview: English transliteration <script src="http://www.hebcal.com/etc/hdate-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script> Preview:

Hebcal.com offers content in RSS format as well: Parsahat ha-Shavua RSS – Torah reading of the week Today’s Hebrew Date in English Transliteration RSS Today’s Hebrew Date in Hebrew RSS 1-Click Shabbat RSS (customize zip code parameter for your shul)

Hebcal.com’s Add Shabbat Times to your Website tool lets you create custom HTML tags to which display weekly candle-lighting times directly on your web page. The result looks something like this: Shabbat times for Chicago, IL Candle lighting: 4:08pm on … Continue reading →

You may use these HTML tags to insert a small form directly on your web page, with a reverse link back to your site: Make sure you replace both the ref_url and ref_text value fields with with your own synagogue’s. … Continue reading →

Yes. The code is freely available under the terms of The BSD License. Download from http://www.hebcal.com/dist/.