We’re pleased to announce the availability of a dedicated Nach Yomi feed to our Jewish Calendar downloads.
Nach Yomi is a daily regimen of learning the books of Nevi’im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings). “Nach” includes the Prophets (Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah and others) and the Writings (such as Psalms, Job and the Five Megillot). The Nach Yomi cycle takes two years to complete.
We’ve added a minor holiday: Chag HaBanot, the North African Chanukah festival of daughters. Also known a Eid Al-Banat or Rosh Hodesh LaBanot, the Jewish festival honoring women began in Tunisia and was subsequently adopted by Jewish communities across North Africa.
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Friday, 23 December 2022 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 24 December 2022.
Yerushalmi Yomi is a daily learning program for the Jerusalem Talmud. The current Yerushalmi Yomi cycle began recently, on 20 Cheshvan 5783 / 14 November 2022.
Daf Yomi Yerushalmi began on Tu BiShvat 5740 (Sat, 2 February 1980) and follows a 4¼ year cycle using page numbers according to the Vilna Edition. Unlike the Daf Yomi Bavli, this Yerushalmi cycle skips both Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. In this version, tractate Berakhot has 68 pages so it takes 68 days to read.
There’s an alternate page numbering scheme provided by the Schottenstein Edition, and this cycle takes 5¾ years to complete. Yom Kippur and Tish’a B’Av are not skipped in this alternate cycle. This alternate cycle also began on 20 Cheshvan 5783 / 14 November 2022. In this version, tractate Berakhot has 94 pages so it takes 94 days to read.
You will find both Vilna and Schottenstein calendar feeds on our calendar downloads page.
Follow these instructions to create a personal yahrzeit, Hebrew birthday, or Hebrew anniversary calendar and then receive annual email reminders.
1. Open a web browser on your computer and navigate to https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
2. Fill out the form with names and dates click the Create Calendar button
3. Click the Email reminders button
4. In the dialog box that pops up, enter your email address and click the Subscribe button
5. A confirmation message has been sent to your email address.
6. Open your email program and look for a message from Hebcal with subject line Activate your Yahrzeit reminders or Activate your Hebrew Anniversary reminders. Click the link within that message to confirm your subscription.
7. In your web browser, click the blue Confirm button to activate your annual reminder subscription.
8. Congratulations! Your annual email reminders are now active. You may view the calendar again or make further changes to the calendar.
We’re pleased to announce support for Comma Separated Values (CSV) file import in the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar. You can now create a personal list of Yahrzeit (memorial) and Yizkor dates, Hebrew Birthdays and Anniversaries for 20+ years by importing a CSV file.
The file must be formatted carefully for the import to work correctly.
The CSV file may contain 1-4 columns. Column names and types are listed below. A header row is optional.
mm/dd/yyyy. Gregorian date of death (or birth), USA date format with 4-digit year.Person1, Person2, …true or TRUE for after sunset; false, FALSE, or (blank) for before sunset. If blank, defaults to false.Yahrzeit, Birthday, or Anniversary. If blank, defaults to Yahrzeit.Example file: yahrzeit-example.csv
To try it out,
Once you have created your personal yahrzeit calendar, you’ll be able to subscribe to free annual email reminders & calendar downloads.