
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Winter (Standard) Time
Correct for TT #498
Ranges are for THU-THU, 28 Kislev - 5 Tevet 5762 (December 13 - 20, '01)
For sunrise and sunset, first time takes into account the elevation above sea level of Jerusalem, 825m
(the times in parentheses do not take elevation into account).
For the deadlines of Shma and Shacharit, the first times are according to the GR"A, the day being reckoned from sunrise to sunset. (The times in parentheses are according to the Magen Avraham, the day being reckoned from dawn to stars-out.)
Candle lighting - 4:01*pm (Earliest - 3:38pm)
Havdala - 5:18pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 5:54pm)
Earliest Shacharit 5:25¼-5:29½am
Sunrise 6:25¼-6:29½am (6:30½-6:34¾am)
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma 8:59-9:03am (8:11-8:15am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit 9:50-9:54am (9:18-9:22am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) 11:33½-11:36¾am
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) 12:04-12:07am
Plag Mincha 3:37 - 3:40pm
Sunset 4:41½-4:44pm (4:36-4:38½pm)
FOR JERUSALEM ONLY (and other places, such as Petach Tiqva, where Shabbat candle lighting is generally 40 minutes before sunset):
Shabbat Candle lighting is 4:01pm. Chanuka candles go before Shabbat candles. If you want to stick to the posted times, so be it. It won't break a routine and it is less likely to confuse anyone.
On the other hand, there is an acceptable practice to delay the Shabbat candles until about 4:20, and to light Chanuka candles right before the Shabbat candles. Don't let this confuse anyone. The delay of 20 minutes is not mandatory, of course, but it does serve to emphasize that Chanuka candles SHOULD BE lit on the later side, closer to sunset.
Remember, this MAY NEVER be allowed to encroach upon Shabbat. One must be very careful of that.
On the other side of Shabbat...
Although Shabbat is out at 5:18pm, many shuls will daven Maariv on Motza'ei Shabbat as early as 5:04pm. This is late enough to say the SH'MA in its proper time, but early enough that one will end Shabbat and be ready to light candles without undo delay. Minhag Yerushalayim (based on the Vilna Gaon's practices) is to attempt (without stepping on Shabbat's toes, so to speak), light as soon after sunset as is Shabbat-ly permissible. Setting up one's Chanukiya on Friday is a proper thing to do, as this will not cause additional delay on Motza'ei Shabbat. Where this is not feasible, at least one should have his candles or oil-wicks-etc. close at hand so that no unnecessary delay diminish from the small part of PRIME TIME that we are able to achieve. Of paramount importance, theugh, is to be sure that Shabbat is really over - on the clock as well as with one's saying of ATA CHONANTANU or at least BARUCH
HAMAVDIL.
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