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Kaluach.net
Your online Hebrew calendar

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Introduction

Kaluach.net® brings the features of Kaluach® for Windows to the web. Available for you to use from any browser-equipped computer, store your own personal events such as birthdays and yahrzeits, all according to the Hebrew calendar (of course) and the civil calendar. Kaluach.net also sends you reminders of holidays and your personal events by email.

Special Notes

Please note that Kaluach.net is free to use, but it takes a lot of money to maintain this service. If you are interested in advertising your products or service on Kaluach.net, then please click here. Donations are also gladly accepted and much appreciated, and can be paid via PayPal.

If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to contact Kaluach.net. If you have a question about Kaluach.net, please be sure to read this document carefully before sending an email, since your question might already be addressed.

Contents of This Document

Features
Login / Logout
Navigation
Chagim and holidays
User Defined Events
Reminders
Selecting and editing locations for calculation of zmanim
FAQ
Bugs
To Do
Credits
Kaluach web sites
Copyright and trademarks

I. Features

Views

Month (Hebrew and civil dates displayed along with holidays, user events, shabbat parshas and more)
Day (detailed view including holidays, events, and zmanim)
Year (full view of the year with Hebrew and civil dates displayed in the browser's status bar)

Easy navigation

"direct date" table and year selection always available
click on "today is:" to jump to today
in month and year views, clicking on a day opens up day view
in day view, click on event icons to modify events
click on the "add event" icon to add an event to the current date
view icons (upper right of screen) let you quickly switch between month/day/year

Jew stuff

Hebrew and civil dates displayed
moadim (Jewish holidays, fast days)
sefirat haomer (counting of the omer)
parshat hashavua
zmanim (daily halachic times) according to your location(s)
daf yomi, yerushalmi yomi, mishna yomit, and halacha yomit

User events

you can add events based on both Hebrew and civil dates
event types are: birthday, anniversary, yom zikaron (yahrzeit), and one-time events
short title and description
reminders by email will be available in the future

Customization

choose locations to be used for calculation of zmanim
select the items that you wish to have displayed (moadim, civil holidays, user events)

II. Login / Logout

After you log into Kaluach.net, your session remains "active" even if you close your browser (if your browser has cookies enabled). When you go to Kaluach.net the next time, you will automatically be logged in again.

If you prefer to terminate a session, you may click on

(on the upper right had corner of the Kaluach.net screen). The next time you go to Kaluach.net, you will now need to login again.

III. Navigation

direct month table (month view)

year title
click to switch to current year view
single arrows
jump forward/backward one year
double arrows
jump forward/backward ten years
months
click on a month to change display to this month

direct day table (day view)

month title
click to switch to current month view
single arrows
jump forward/backward one month
double arrows
jump forward/backward one year
days
click on a day to change display to this day

year jump (all views)

enter desired year to jump to
click on to jump directly to that year

view icons (upper right of screen)

day
switch to day view
current display is day
civil month
switch to civil month view
current display is civil month
Hebrew month
switch to Hebrew month view
current display is Hebrew month
civil year
switch to year view
current display is year
Hebrew year
switch to Hebrew year view
current display is Hebrew year

from calendar views

day view
click on the edit icon to edit details of event
click on trash basket to delete event
direct day table on left side of screen
year jump on left side of screen
view icons for quickly changing views (upper right of screen)
month view
click on a day to switch to that day's view
direct month table on left side of screen
year jump on left side of screen
view icons for quickly changing views (upper right of screen)
year
click on a day to switch to that day's view
click on month header to switch to month view
year jump on left side of screen
view icons for quickly changing views (upper right of screen)

IV. Chagim and holidays

Jewish holidays

This includes the high holy days, chagim, minor holidays, and fast days.
Jewish holidays are indicated with this icon
Sefirat haomer is displayed on the screen with no icon.

American national holidays

This includes national holidays as well as New Year's, Easter, and Christmas. The reason for the inclusion of the religious holidays is that since the United States is predominantly Christian, the religious holidays have become national holidays (that is, you get to stay home from work).
American holidays (including the religious holidays) are indicated with the American flag

V. User defined events

add a user defined event

Navigate to the day you would like to add an event to.
Click on the add events icon on the left side of the screen.
Fill in the information desired in the popup dialog box.

modify the details of a user defined event

From the day view that has your event, click on the "edit" icon appearing next to the event you want to modify. Or, you can modify the event from the events display option explained below.
Make your changes and then click on "save"

delete a user defined event

From the day view that has your event, click on the trash can appearing next to the event you want to delete. Or, you can delete the event from the events display option explained below.
Answer "yes" or "cancel" and this event will be deleted.

display list of events

To delete an event, click on the trash can appearing next to the event you want to delete.
To modify the details of an event, click on the "edit" icon appearing next to the event you want to modify.
Click on one of the icons ( ) appearing next to the event dates to jump directly to special days associated with your event.
Click on either the Hebrew or civil date to jump to the original date that the event occured.

event display in month view

#c - number of civil years
#h - number of Hebrew years
#b - number of years (Hebrew and civil observance fall on same the date)

born - born, actual date of birth
bm - bar/bat mitzvah (Hebrew observance only)

event display in day view

# civil - number of civil years
# Hebrew - number of Hebrew years
# Hebrew/civil - number of years (Hebrew and civil observance fall on the same date)

born - actual date of birth
bar/bat mitzvah (Hebrew observance only)

event icons

VI. Reminders

You can specify which reminders you would like to receive (Jewish holidays, American holidays, and user events).

You can set how far in advance you would like to receive reminders.

Reminders are not sent on Shabbat or the chagim. This means that there are times you might receive a reminder a day or two before the time you have specified.

VII. Selecting and editing locations for calculation of zmanim

To manage your location settings, click on the

button found at the top right of the screen. Then click on "

locations". Selection of locations is done from the table on the left side of the screen, and maintaining your "user list" is done from the table on the right side of the screen.

On the left side of the screen:

select a default for Kaluach.net

select a location from one of the three lists
click on the "default" button
this location will now be saved as the default location to use when logging in

select a default for your current computer

select a location from one of the three lists
click on the "computer" button
this location will now be saved as a cookie on your computer and will override the above Kaluach.net default

On the right side of the screen:

add a new location to your "user list" of location

fill in the details of your location in the table found on the right side of the screen
make sure all fields are filled in (Kaluach.net can't guess)
click on the "add" button
this location will now be added to your "user list"

modify a location in your "user list" of location

select the location you wish to modify from the list in table on the right side of the screen
change the details
click on the "change" button
the updated information will now replace the original information

delete a location from your "user list" of location

select the location you wish to delete from the list in table on the right side of the screen
click on the "delete" button
this location will now be deleted from your "user list"

VIII. FAQ

How can I stop receiving reminders?
You can disable reminders very easily. Click "settings" (upper right of Kaluach.net window) and then click "reminders" (on left side). Uncheck the reminders you no longer wish to receive and click "save".

How can I change my contact email?
Click on "settings" at the top right of the screen. Then under "personal data, enter in you new email and click on "save". You will receive a "confirmation email" explaining what needs to be done to complete your email address change.

Where can I find the times for Shabbat (Candlelighting and Havdalah)?
The Shabbat times - knissat shabbat (candlelighting) and tzeit shabbat (havdalah) - are displayed in the calendar's day view. Just click on the Shabbat that you want the times for and the shabbat times will be displayed along with the other halachic times for the day.

IX. Bugs

Kaluach.net has now been operating for almost a year. Nonetheless, it is a a work in progress and there might be bugs popping up from time to time. Every effort will be made to respond to bug reports and suggestions. Just make sure your kids aren't in the room when you decide to vocalize your discontent.

X. To Do

Here is what's planned for future versions of Kaluach.net (in no particular order).

send reminders in Hebrew
additional languages (French, German, Russian, British English :-)
add other national holidays (Canadian, French, British, German, etc)

XI. Credits

Thanks to the following for help in testing, comments, suggestions, and bug reports:

David Diamant
David Kramer
D'n Russler
Anthony Alex
Marty Weiss
Paul Wolf
Allan Farkas
Abraham Berin
Tamar Smullen
Joshua Fishman
Benyamin Buxbaum

Special thanks to Meir Rafalowitz.

XII. Kaluach web sites

For more information, visit the Kaluach family of web sites:

www.kaluach.org
The main Kaluach web site - home of Kaluach® for Windows and Kaluach Kaf®
www.kaluach.net
Kaluach.net® - online Hebrew/civil calendar on the web
www.kaluach.com
Hebrew calendar development tools
- KaluachCOM - Hebrew/civil calendar COM automation
- KDateDLL - Hebrew/civil calendar DLL
- KaluachJS - Abu Mami's Hebrew/civil calendar Javascript
- KZmanJS - Abu Mami's halachic times Javascript

XIII. Copyrights and trademarks

All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Kaluach and Kaluach.net are trademarks of Abu Mami.

Abu Mami is a trademark of Yisrael Hersch.

Yisrael Hersch is a trademark of Mort and Gloria Hersch.

XIV. Shameless plug

Visit Gloria Hersch's web site at: www.gghersch.com (One talented lady!)