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Outlook.com & Windows 10 Jewish Calendar download

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Follow these instructions to add a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed to Outlook.com (also called outlook.live.com Calendar). This technique will also work with Windows 10 devices (desktops, laptops, tablets and phones) that have a built-in calendar application that connects to Outlook.com or MSN.

  1. Go to https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal if you’re downloading a holiday calendar, or https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit if you’re downloading a Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar.
  2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button
  3. Click the Download… button
  4. Select the iCalendar option from the Download dialog box, and then click on the Copy button
    iCalendar feed dialog box
  5. Sign in to Outlook.com
  6. At the bottom of the page, select Calendar
  7. In the navigation pane, select Add calendar
  8. Select Subscribe from web.
    Subscribe to a calendar
  9. Enter the URL for the calendar
  10. Select Import

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.).

Outlook for Mac 2011 – remove Hebcal Jewish calendar

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To delete Hebcal events from Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011, follow these steps.

1. First, open your Calendar within Outlook

2. Next, search for “hebcal” in the search box on the upper right

Searching_Events__Selected_Categories_

3. Click on one of the search results, then select all of the entries in the list via Edit > Select All

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4. Delete the entries via Edit > Delete

Microsoft Outlook CSV – incorrect dates for events

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Some users have a mismatch between the date format they are downloading (USA vs. European) and the setting you’re using in your control panel. This usually results in events that were supposed to take place, for example, on September 2nd instead showing up on February 9th (i.e. the date “9/2” vs. the date “2/9”).

If you downloaded a calendar with the wrong dates for events, follow our delete Hebcal Jewish calendar from Outlook instructions to make it quick and painless to remove the incorrect information.

To find out the root cause of the mismatch, go to “Regional Options” Control Panel and pick “Date”, and compare the date format you’re using. For example:

[Regional Options Dialog Box]

If it says “M/d/yyyy” like mine does, be sure to download the USA format from hebcal.com. If it says “dd-MMM-yy”, be sure to download European format from hebcal.com.