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Jewish Calendar

The Jewish Calendar (jewish_calendar) integration displays a variety of information related to the Jewish Calendar as a variety of sensors.

Configuration

To enable this integration in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
jewish_calendar:

Configuration Variables

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language string (Optional, default: english)

Whether to represent the sensors in Hebrew (א’ תשרי תשע”ט) or English characters (1 Tishrei 5779). Valid options are ‘english’ and ‘hebrew’.

latitude integer (Optional)

Latitude for time calculations of the sensor.

Default:

Home Assistant location

longitude integer (Optional)

Longitude for time calculations of the sensor.

Default:

Home Assistant location

diaspora string (Optional, default: false)

Consider the location as diaspora (חוץ לארץ) for calculation of the weekly portion and holidays. By default it will consider the location as Israel (One day Yom Tov), setting it to true will show a second day Yom Tov.

candle_lighting_minutes_before_sunset integer (Optional, default: 18)

Number of minutes before sunset to report as candle lighting time.

havdalah_minutes_after_sunset integer (Optional, default: 0)

Number of minutes after sunset to report as havdalah time. If this is set to 0, uses the time that the sun is 8.5 degrees below the horizon (same as the first_stars sensor). If non-zero, this value is added as an offset to the time of sunset to report havdalah.

Sensor list

Data sensors

  • date: Shows the hebrew date for today.
  • weekly_portion: Shows the weekly portion (parshat hashavu’a - פרשת השבוע)
  • holiday: If it is a holiday, shows the name of the holiday (see below for more info).
  • omer_count: An integer sensor indicating the day of the Omer (1-49) or 0 if it is not currently the Omer.
  • daf_yomi: Shows the date’s daf yomi page.

Time sensors

Note: Due to the variety of rabbinic opinions on how to calculate the different times, we do not take any responsibility on your religious reliance upon these calculations.

Time sensor states are represented as ISO8601 formatted UTC time.

  • first_light: First light of dawn (Alot Hashachar - עלות השחר)
  • talit: Earliest time for tallit and tefillin (Misheyakir - משיכיר)
  • sunrise: Earliest time for Shacharit (Hanetz Hachama - הנץ החמה)
  • gra_end_shma: Last time for reading of the Shma according to the Gr”a.
  • mga_end_shma: Last time for reading of the Shma according to the MG”A.
  • gra_end_tefilla: Last time for full shacharit according to the Gr”a.
  • mga_end_tefilla: Last time for full shacharit according to the MG”A.
  • midday: Half way through the day (Chatzot Hayom - חצות היום)
  • big_mincha: Earliest time for Mincha (Mincha Gedola - מנחה גדולה)
  • little_mincha: Preferable earliest time for Mincha (Mincha Ketana - מנחה קטנה)
  • plag_mincha: Time of the Plag Hamincha (פלג המנחה)
  • sunset: Sunset (Shkiya - שקיעה)
  • first_stars: Time at which the first stars are visible (Tseit Hakochavim - צאת הכוכבים)
  • upcoming_shabbat_candle_lighting: The time of candle lighting for either the current Shabbat (if it is currently Shabbat) or the immediately upcoming Shabbat.
  • upcoming_shabbat_havdalah: The time of havdalah for either the current Shabbat (if it is currently Shabbat) or the immediately upcoming Shabbat. If it is currently a three-day holiday, this value could be None (i.e., if holiday is Sat./Sun./Mon. and it’s Saturday, there will be no shabbat_havdalah value. See comments in hdate library for details.)
  • upcoming_candle_lighting: The time of candle lighting for either the current Shabbat OR Yom Tov, or the immediately upcoming Shabbat OR Yom Tov. If, for example, today is Sunday, and Rosh Hashana is Monday night through Wednesday night, this reports the candle lighting for Rosh Hashana on Monday night. This avoids a situation of triggering pre-candle-lighting automations while it is currently Yom Tov. To always get the Shabbat times, use the upcoming_shabbat_candle_lighting sensor.
  • upcoming_havdalah: The time of havdalah for either the current Shabbat OR Yom Tov, or the immediately upcoming Shabbat OR Yom Tov. If, for example, today is Sunday, and Rosh Hashana is Monday night through Wednesday night, this reports the havdalah for Rosh Hashana on Wednesday night. To always get the Shabbat times, use the upcoming_shabbat_havdalah sensor.

Binary sensors

  • issur_melacha_in_effect: A boolean sensor indicating if melacha is currently not permitted. The value is on when it is currently Shabbat or Yom Tov and off otherwise.
  • erev_shabbat_hag: A boolean sensor indicating that there is an upcoming Shabbat or Hag.
  • motzei_shabbat_hag: A boolean sensor indicating that Shabbat or Hag has ended.

Holiday sensor

The holiday sensor includes 3 attributes: type, type_id and id. The type_id is useful for cases to condition automations based on a range of types.

The following is the list of holidays the sensor knows about with their selected type:

ID English Hebrew Type Type_ID
erev_rosh_hashana Erev Rosh Hashana ערב ראש השנה EREV_YOM_TOV 2
rosh_hashana_i Rosh Hashana I א’ ראש השנה YOM_TOV 1
rosh_hashana_ii Rosh Hashana II ב’ ראש השנה YOM_TOV 1
tzom_gedaliah Tzom Gedaliah צום גדליה FAST_DAY 5
erev_yom_kippur Erev Yom Kippur עיוה”כ EREV_YOM_TOV 2
yom_kippur Yom Kippur יום הכפורים YOM_TOV 1
erev_sukkot Erev Sukkot ערב סוכות EREV_YOM_TOV 2
sukkot Sukkot סוכות YOM_TOV 1
hol_hamoed_sukkot Hol hamoed Sukkot חול המועד סוכות HOL_HAMOED 3
hoshana_raba Hoshana Raba הושענא רבה EREV_YOM_TOV 2
simchat_torah Simchat Torah שמחת תורה YOM_TOV 1
chanukah Chanukah חנוכה MELACHA_PERMITTED_HOLIDAY 4
asara_btevet Asara B’Tevet צום עשרה בטבת FAST_DAY 5
tu_bshvat Tu B’Shvat ט”ו בשבט MINOR_HOLIDAY 7
taanit_esther Ta’anit Esther תענית אסתר FAST_DAY 5
purim Purim פורים MELACHA_PERMITTED_HOLIDAY 4
shushan_purim Shushan Purim שושן פורים MELACHA_PERMITTED_HOLIDAY 4
erev_pesach Erev Pesach ערב פסח EREV_YOM_TOV 2
pesach Pesach פסח YOM_TOV 1
hol_hamoed_pesach Hol hamoed Pesach חול המועד פסח HOL_HAMOED 3
pesach_vii Pesach VII שביעי פסח YOM_TOV 1
yom_haatzmaut Yom HaAtzma’ut יום העצמאות MODERN_HOLIDAY 6
lag_bomer Lag B’Omer ל”ג בעומר MINOR_HOLIDAY 7
erev_shavuot Erev Shavuot ערב שבועות EREV_YOM_TOV 2
shavuot Shavuot שבועות YOM_TOV 1
tzom_tammuz Tzom Tammuz צום שבעה עשר בתמוז FAST_DAY 5
tisha_bav Tish’a B’Av תשעה באב FAST_DAY 5
tu_bav Tu B’Av ט”ו באב MINOR_HOLIDAY 7
yom_hashoah Yom HaShoah יום השואה MEMORIAL_DAY 8
yom_hazikaron Yom HaZikaron יום הזכרון MEMORIAL_DAY 8
yom_yerushalayim Yom Yerushalayim יום ירושלים MODERN_HOLIDAY 6
shmini_atzeret Shmini Atzeret שמיני עצרת YOM_TOV 1
pesach_viii Pesach VIII אחרון של פסח YOM_TOV 1
shavuot_ii Shavuot II שני של שבועות YOM_TOV 1
sukkot_ii Sukkot II שני של סוכות YOM_TOV 1
pesach_ii Pesach II שני של פסח YOM_TOV 1
family_day Family Day יום המשפחה ISRAEL_NATIONAL_HOLIDAY 9
memorial_day_unknown Memorial day for fallen whose place of burial is unknown יום הזיכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל שמקום קבורתם לא נודע MEMORIAL_DAY 8
rabin_memorial_day Yitzhak Rabin memorial day יום הזכרון ליצחק רבין MEMORIAL_DAY 8
zeev_zhabotinsky_day Zeev Zhabotinsky day יום זאב ז’בוטינסקי MEMORIAL_DAY 8

Full configuration example

# Example configuration.yaml entry
jewish_calendar:
  language: english
  diaspora: true
  havdalah_minutes_after_sunset: 50