
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Israel Standard (Winter) Time
Correct for TT #588
Ranges are for THU-THU, 6 - 13 Tishrei - October 2 - 9
Candle lighting - 4:47pm
Havdala - 5:59pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 6:32pm)
Earliest Shacharit 4:43-4:48am
Sunrise - 5:35-5:38am
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 8:30-8:32am (7:46-7:47am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit - 9:30-9:30am (9:00-9:00am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 11:28½-11:26½pm
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 11:59-11:57pm
Plag Mincha - 4:09½ - 4:02pm
Sunset - 5:28 - 5:19pm (5:23½-5:15pm)
Shabbat times for other cities: (Haazinu - Shuva)
Candles city Havdala
5:04pm Raanana 5:59pm
5:03pm Beit Shemesh 5:59pm
5:03pm Netanya 5:59pm
5:02pm Rehovot 5:59pm
4:43pm Petach Tikva 5:59pm
5:03pm Modi'in area 5:59pm
5:04pm Be'er Sheva 5:59pm
5:02pm Gush Etzion 5:59pm
5:02pm Ginot Shomron 5:58pm
4:47pm Maale Adumim 5:57pm
4:55pm Tzfat 5:58pm
5:03pm K4 & Hevron 6:00pm
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 (which can 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 consider because 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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