Z'MANIM -
Ranges are THU-THU 20-27 Adar B
(Mar.31-Apr.7) (For THU Mar. 31 subtract 1hr.)
Earliest Talit & T'filin - 5:39-5:29am
Sunrise - 6:29-6:20am
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 9:36-9:30am (8:50-8:44am)
Sof Z'man T'fila - 10:38-10:34am (10:08-10:03am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 12:43-12:41pm
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 1:15-1:14pm
Plag Mincha - 5:40-5:43pm
Sunset - 7:03-7:07½pm (6:58-7:03pm)
*Concerning "Earliest Shacharit", the time is actually the earliest
time for Tallit & T'fillin. In extenuating circumstances, one may
daven earlier than T&T time, but will have to do so without T&T,
until their later time. A fast begins earlier than T&T time, namely
Olot HaShachar.
Candle Lighting and Havdala Times (regular and earliest)
Correct for TT 662 • Rabbeinu Tam (J'm) - 8:15pm
6:23pm (5:41) Jerusalem 7:36pm
6:42pm (5:44) Gush Katif 7:40pm
6:40pm (5:42) Raanana 7:38pm
6:39pm (5:42) Beit Shemesh 7:37pm
6:40pm (5:42) Netanya 7:38pm
6:40pm (5:42) Rehovot 7:38pm
6:21pm (5:42) Petach Tikva 7:38pm
6:39pm (5:42) Modi'in area 7:37pm
6:40pm (5:42) Be'er Sheva 7:38pm
6:38pm (5:41) Gush Etzion 7:36pm
6:39pm (5:41) Ginot Shomron 7:37pm
6:24pm (5:41) Maale Adumim 7:36pm
6:33pm (5:40) Tzfat 7:36pm
6:39pm (5:41) K4 & Hevron 7:37pm
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 (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.