Z'MANIM - HALACHIC TIMES
Correct for TT #644
Ranges are THU-THU 12-19 Kislev (Nov. 25 - Dec.2)
Earliest Shacharit - 5:23-5:28am
Sunrise - 6:16-6:22am
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma - 8:51-8:55am (8:04-8:08am)
Sof Z'man T'fila - 9:42-9:46am (9:11-9:14am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 11:26-11:28˝am
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 11:57-11:59am
Plag Mincha - 3:31-3:31pm
Sunset - 4:41-4:40pm (4:36-4:35pm)
Candle Lighting & Havdala Times (Standard Winter time)
Correct for TT 644 • Rabbeinu Tam (J'm) - 5:52pm
4:01pm Jerusalem 5:15pm
4:20pm Gush Katif 5:19pm
4:16pm Raanana 5:16pm
4:15pm Beit Shemesh 5:16pm
4:15pm Netanya 5:15pm
4:17pm Rehovot 5:16pm
3:56pm Petach Tikva 5:16pm
4:16pm Modi'in 5:16pm
4:18pm Be'er Sheva 5:17pm
4:15pm Gush Etzion 5:15pm
4:15pm Ginot Shomron 5:15pm
4:00pm Maale Adumim 5:15pm
4:07pm Tzfat 5:12pm
4:16pm K4 & Hevron 5:16pm
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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