
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Israel Standard (Winter) Time
Correct for TT #608
Ranges are for THU-THU, 4-11 Adar, February 26
- March 4
Candle lighting - 5:00pm
Havdala - 6:12pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 6:50pm)
Earliest Shacharit 5:21-5:13am
Sunrise - 6:11-6:03am
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 9:01-8:56am (8:20-8:12am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit - 9:58-9:54am (9:28-9:25am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 11:52 -11:51pm
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 12:23-12:21pm
Plag Mincha - 4:23 - 4:27pm
Sunset - 5:39 - 5:44pm (5:34-5:39pm)
Shabbat times for other cities: (T'ruma)
Candles city Havdala
5:16pm Raanana 6:14pm
5:15pm Beit Shemesh 6:13pm
5:15pm Netanya 6:14pm
5:16pm Rehovot 6:14pm
4:56pm Petach Tikva 6:14pm
5:15pm Modi'in 6:12pm
5:17pm Be'er Sheva 6:14pm
5:15pm Gush Etzion 6:12pm
5:15pm Ginot Shomron 6:13pm
5:00pm Maale Adumim 6:12pm
5:07pm Tzfat 6:11pm
5:15m K4 & Hevron 6:13pm
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 candlelighting 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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