
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Israel Standard (Winter) Time
Correct for TT #590
Ranges are for THU-THU, 27 Tishrei - 4 Cheshvan - October
23-30 Candle lighting - 4:22pm
Havdala - 5:35pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 6:10pm)
Earliest Shacharit 4:57-5:02am
Sunrise - 5:48-5:53am
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 8:35-8:38am (7:50-7:52am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit - 9:31-9:32am (9:01-9:02am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 11:23˝-11:23pm
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 11:54-11:54pm
Plag Mincha - 3:49 - 3:43pm
Sunset - 5:03˝ - 4:57pm (4:59-4:52pm)
Shabbat times for other cities: (B'reishit)
Candles city Havdala
4:39pm Raanana 5:35pm
4:39pm Beit Shemesh 5:35pm
4:39pm Netanya 5:35pm
4:39pm Rehovot 5:36pm
4:19pm Petach Tikva 5:35pm
4:38pm Modi'in area 5:35pm
4:40pm Be'er Sheva 5:36pm
4:38pm Gush Etzion 5:36pm
4:38pm Ginot Shomron 5:34pm
4:22pm Maale Adumim 5:34pm
4:30pm Tzfat 5:34pm
4:38pm K4 & Hevron 5:37pm
Jerusalem lights candles 40 minutes before sunset. (Except for those who
don’t follow that custom.) Which sunset? Important question. The standard
practice is to count 40 minutes before “sunset of elevation”. Jerusalem is a
little over 800m above sea level. If one could see the sun set over a
horizon at sea level (whichcan be done from some parts of J’lem), it would
set about 5 minutes later than someone watching from sea level, or seeing
the sun set beyond mountains that are approx. the same height as Jerusalem
is. Since the sunset on the same plane is 5 minutes earlier, and for Shabbat
purposes is the sunset we would have to considerbecause of the strictness of
Shabbat, then J’lem candle lighting time is really only 35 minutes before
“the other” sunset.
All other places at some height above sea level have similar
problems.
Tzfat lights candles 30 minutes before sunset. Official candle lighting for
Petach Tikva is 40 minutes before sunset, just like Jerusalem. Not everybody
holds by that timing.
Some communities calculate Shabbat out at 33 minutes after
sunset. Some use the angle of the sun below the horizon to “end Shabbat”
(8.5 deg).
Bottom line for now: until we get the chart running smoothly, don’t rely on
it exclusively. Cross-check times with calendars and charts. Please report
discrepancies to us, so that we can improve our time table.
Also realize that Sfardim and Ashkenazim often has
differences in minhag.
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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