hoodini/ai-agents-skills/shabbat-times

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Access Jewish calendar data and Shabbat times via Hebcal API. Use when building apps with Shabbat times, Jewish holidays, Hebrew dates, or Zmanim. Triggers on Shabbat times, Hebcal, Jewish calendar, Hebrew date, Zmanim.

Install

npx vskill@latest install hoodini/ai-agents-skills/shabbat-times

SKILL.md

Jewish Calendar & Shabbat Times

Access Shabbat times and Jewish calendar data via the Hebcal API.

Quick Start

typescript
// Get Shabbat times for a location
const response = await fetch(
'https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&geonameid=5128581&M=on'
);
const data = await response.json();

Shabbat Times API

By GeoNames ID (Recommended)
typescript
const url = new URL('https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat');
url.searchParams.set('cfg', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('geonameid', '5128581'); // New York
url.searchParams.set('M', 'on'); // Include Havdalah
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
// Response
{
"title": "Hebcal New York January 2025",
"items": [
{
"title": "Candle lighting: 4:28pm",
"date": "2025-01-10T16:28:00-05:00",
"category": "candles"
},
{
"title": "Parashat Shemot",
"date": "2025-01-11",
"category": "parashat"
},
{
"title": "Havdalah: 5:31pm",
"date": "2025-01-11T17:31:00-05:00",
"category": "havdalah"
}
]
}
By Coordinates
typescript
const url = new URL('https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat');
url.searchParams.set('cfg', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('latitude', '32.0853');
url.searchParams.set('longitude', '34.7818');
url.searchParams.set('tzid', 'Asia/Jerusalem');

Jewish Calendar API

typescript
const url = new URL('https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal');
url.searchParams.set('cfg', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('v', '1');
url.searchParams.set('year', '2025');
url.searchParams.set('month', 'x'); // All months
// Optional parameters
url.searchParams.set('maj', 'on'); // Major holidays
url.searchParams.set('min', 'on'); // Minor holidays
url.searchParams.set('mod', 'on'); // Modern holidays
url.searchParams.set('nx', 'on'); // Rosh Chodesh
url.searchParams.set('ss', 'on'); // Special Shabbatot
url.searchParams.set('s', 'on'); // Weekly parsha
const response = await fetch(url);
const holidays = await response.json();

Hebrew Date Conversion

typescript
// Gregorian to Hebrew
const url = new URL('https://www.hebcal.com/converter');
url.searchParams.set('cfg', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('gy', '2025');
url.searchParams.set('gm', '1');
url.searchParams.set('gd', '15');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
// { "hy": 5785, "hm": "Tevet", "hd": 15, "hebrew": "ט״ו בטבת תשפ״ה" }

React Hook

typescript
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
interface ShabbatTimes {
candleLighting: Date | null;
havdalah: Date | null;
parsha: string | null;
}
function useShabbatTimes(geonameid: string) {
const [times, setTimes] = useState<ShabbatTimes | null>(null);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
useEffect(() => {
async function fetchTimes() {
const url = new URL('https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat');
url.searchParams.set('cfg', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('geonameid', geonameid);
url.searchParams.set('M', 'on');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
const result: ShabbatTimes = {
candleLighting: null,
havdalah: null,
parsha: null
};
for (const item of data.items) {
if (item.category === 'candles') {
result.candleLighting = new Date(item.date);
} else if (item.category === 'havdalah') {
result.havdalah = new Date(item.date);
} else if (item.category === 'parashat') {
result.parsha = item.title.replace('Parashat ', '');
}
}
setTimes(result);
setLoading(false);
}
fetchTimes();
}, [geonameid]);
return { times, loading };
}

Common GeoNames IDs

CityGeoNames ID
Jerusalem281184
Tel Aviv293397
New York5128581
Los Angeles5368361
London2643743
Paris2988507

Resources

  • Hebcal API Docs: https://www.hebcal.com/home/developer-apis

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Popularity

Repository stars
134
Repository forks
26
7-day trend score
25

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