HEBREW / JEWISH CALENDAR RESOURCES

The standard Jewish/Hebrew calendar reference is: Arthur Spier, The Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar up to the twenty-second century 5703-5860/1943-2100, Feldheim: New York and Jerusalem (1981). (A previous edition covering the years 1901-2000 was also published.) This volume was the primary reference for Hebrew Calendar software. Calendar calculations are described and calendar tables are included for 1900 - 2100.

www.jrf.org/recondt/index.html
Index of Reconstructionist commentaries published and available on the JRF website.  This is a participatory site which welcomes contributions from Reconstructionists around the country and which is continually being enriched by these submissions.

www.hebcal.com/
Hebrew Calendar, free online customizable Hebrew Calendar with
  • Candle-lighting times
  • Holidays
  • Date converter
  • Torah and haftarah readings (see below)


    • www.hebcal.com/sedrot/
    Torah Readings, arranged by Gregorian date, with
  • Conservative commentaries
  • Haftarah readings and English text of haftarah
  • Links to info on triennial system and Conservative movement's triennial divisions
  • and more
    • www.calendar-maven.com/
    Site of the CalendarMaven and Hebrew Calendar software. This is a mature customizable program with many features for  installation on personal computers.
  • Candle lighting times customizable by geography and rule (for setting the time for this ritual)
  • Holiday lists with past and future dates and Torah/haftarah readings
  • Date converter
  • Ability to add personal notes, yahrtseits, etc.
  • Ability to print on printer or to an *.html file and to customize the printed versions
  • Holiday dates and scriptural readings for both Diaspora and Israeli communities
  • Online calendar (free service -- see http://www.calendar-maven.com/calendar.htm)
  • Date of celebration of Yom ha-Shoah as a legal Israeli holiday according to the Israeli Knesset law
  • and more
    • www.bayt.org/calendar.html
    Online calendar site sponsored by Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, an Orthodox congregation
  • Customizable *.html calendar that is produced online
  • Customizable settings for candle-lighting and havdalah
  • Online instructions and explanations
  • Yiddish/Ashkenazi transliterations only
  • Lacks modern holidays (e.g. Yom ha-Azmaut, Yom ha-Shoah)
  • Gregorian months only


    • Both detailed and basic information on the nature of the Hebrew calendar and date calculations.
    www.pjbsware.demon.co.uk/calendar/faq/node4.html
    www.rtlsoft.com/hebrew/calendar/about
    webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-jewish.html
    www.shirhadash.org/calendar/abouthcal.html
    www.jewishgen.org/mentprog/m_calint.htm
    www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Hebrew+calendar
    www.ortelius.de/kalender/j_uk.html
    www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/time/Hebrew_Calendar.pdf (A downloadable *.pdf file containing
    information about the Hebrew calendar and how dates are calculated)

    http://www.shamash.org/cal.html
    Shamash Hebrew Calendar Server

    Sites for commentaries on weekly Torah readings
    Reconstructionist Divrei Torah
    Rabbi Shefa Gold's site (Rabbi Gold is a Renewal rabbi ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
    College and from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)
    Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative) commentaries
    (Also accessible in a quick-access index from www.hebcal.com/
    Shalom Center "Words of Torah". (Scroll down to find a divrei Torah,
    sometimes on the Torah portion and occasionally on the haftarah of the week)


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