
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Israel Summer Time
We change to Summer time in the wee hours of Friday, March 28. If you use
the chart to the left for ZMANIM on THU, March 27, you have to subtract an
hour. From Friday thru next Thursday, the times are all correctly
summer-time.
Correct for TT #563
Ranges are for THU-THU, 23-30 Adar Bet -
March 27-April 3, '03
Candle lighting - 6:20pm (Earliest, Plag - 5:38pm)
Havdala - 7:35pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 8:09pm)
Earliest Shacharit 5:45-5:35am
Sunrise - 6:35-6:26pm
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 9:39-9:34am (8:54-8:48am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit - 10:41-10:37am (10:11-10:06am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 12:44½-12142½am
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 1:16-1:15pm
Plag Mincha - 5:38-5:41pm
Sunset - 6:59½ - 7:04pm (6:55-6:59½pm)
Explanation of the Z'manim
Sunrise for Jerusalem does not take into account elevation, since the eastern
horizon (where the sun rises) consists of the Hills of Moav across the Jordan
River, which are approx. at the same elevation as Jerusalem
Sunset, on the other hand, is given for an elevation of 825m and, in
parentheses, as if at sea level. There are different opinions as to which sunset
time should be used for halachic purposes. We present both times.
The deadlines for the SH'MA and the Shacharit Amida can be calculated in two
ways. Either considering the day to be from sunrise to sunset or from dawn to
stars out. The first way of reckoning is known as the opinion of the GR"A, and
is the first time given in each case. The second method is known as the Magen
Avraham, and is presented in parentheses.
Aside from candle lighting and havdala, the times are presented as a range, from
the current Thursday of the issue of Torah Tidbits until the coming Thursday, a
span of 8 days. Days between the two Thursdays can be determined by
interpolation (which means: a method by which to estimate a value of between two
known values - this is something that people above a certain age might remember
from high school trigonometry and logarithms, but younger people who went to
school during the calculator era might not be familiar with).
It is usually wise to "pad" the times with a minute or two in the "play it safe"
direction. E.g. Plag Mincha. Better to finish Mincha a minute or two before the
given time. But, better to not light candles until a minute or two after the
given time.
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