HALACHIC TIMES
Ranges are FRI-FRI 9-30 Nissan (April 7-28)
Note: Range spans 22 days, take into account when interpolating
Earliest Talit & T'filin - 5:30-5:04am
Sunrise - 6:20½-5:57am
Sof Z'man K' Sh'ma - 9:31-9:16 am (8:44-8:27am)
Sof Z'man T'fila - 10:34-10:23am (10:03-9:50am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) - 12:41-12:36½pm
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) - 1:14-1:10pm
Plag Mincha - 5:44-5:54pm
Sunset - 7:07-7:22 (7:02½-7:17pm)Note: When Israel switches to Summer time (DST), we include in the Candle lighting chart the earliest time one may light candles, in addition to the "official" time to light. This is useful to those who "take Shabbat early"
Candle Lighting & Havdala
The order of times is as follows: ( 2 times per - IN and OUT): Shabbat HaGadol, First day Pesach, Sh. Chol HaMoed, 7th day Pesach, Parshat Sh’mini
On the Shabbatot we say the Bracha for regular candle lighting and full Havdala
First day of Pesach we say L'HADLIK NER SHEL YOM TOV, SHECHYANU AND HAVDALA WITH WINE AND HAMAVDIL BRACHOT ONLY
7th day of Pesach only L'HADLIK NER SHEL YOM TOV AND HAVDALA WITH WINE AND HAMAVDIL BRACHOT
Yerushalayim: 6:27, 7:41 6:30, 7:44 6:32, 7:46 6:34, 7:49 6:36, 7:51
Raanana: 6:44, 7:42 6:47, 7:46 6:49, 7:48 6:51, 7:51 6:54, 7:53
Beit Shemesh: 6:43, 7:41 6:46, 7:45 6:48, 7:47 6:50, 7:50 6:52, 7:52
Netanya: 6:44, 7:43 6:47, 7:46 6:49, 7:48 6:52, 7:51 6:54, 7:54
Rehovot: 6:44, 7:42 6:47, 7:46 6:49, 7:48 6:51, 7:51 6:53, 7:53
Petach Tikva: 6:24, 7:42 6:27, 7:46 6:28, 7:48 6:31, 7:51 6:33, 7:53
Modi'in area: 6:43, 7:42 6:46, 7:45 6:48, 7:47 6:51, 7:50 6:53, 7:52
Be'er Sheva: 6:43, 7:42 6:47, 7:45 6:48, 7:47 6:51, 7:50 6:53, 7:52
Gush Etzion: 6:42, 7:40 6:45, 7:44 6:47, 7:46 6:49, 7:49 6:51, 7:51
Ginot Shomron: 6:43, 7:41 6:46, 7:45 6:48, 7:47 6:50, 7:50 6:53, 7:52
Maale Adumim: 6:27, 7:40 6:30, 7:44 6:32, 7:45 6:34, 7:48 6:36, 7:51
Tzfat:6:32, 7:41 6:35, 7:45 6:37, 7:46 6:40, 7:50 6:42, 7:52
K4 / Hevron: 6:42, 7:41 6:46, 7:44 6:47, 7:46 6:50, 7:49 6:49, 7:51
Tel Mond: 6:44, 7:42 6:47, 7:46 6:48, 7:48 6:51, 7:51 6:53, 7:53
One thing that was left off the candle lighting chart was the earliest times (PLAG MINCHA) to take Shabbat Parshat Shmini. Most people who take Shabbat early will probably begin on that first Shabbat after Pesach - so here are the PLAG times for Friday, April 21st.
Jerusalem (5:50), Raanana (5:52), Beit Shemesh (5:51), Netanya (5:52), Rehovot (5:52), Petach Tikva (5:52), Modiin (5:52), Be’er 7 (5:52), Gush Etzion (5:50), Ginot Shomron (5:51), Maale Adumim (5:50), Kiryat 4 & Hevron (5:51), Tzfat (5:51), Tel Mond (5:52).Note about Candle Lighting and Havdala times. Candle lighting times are rounded down to the minute, in other words, seconds are ignored. Havdala times, on the other hand, are round up to the next minute.
Special note for Jews living in Chutz LaAretz:
The times published in Torah Tidbits are for Eretz Yisrael.
Here's a brief rundown for CHUTZ LAARETZ:
Wednesday, Erev Pesach - ERUV TAVSHILIN (none needed in Israel)
Before lighting candles for Yom Tov, it is suggested to light a 48-hour candle so there will be a source of flame for candle lighting for the second day and for Shabbat Chol HaMoed.
Yom Tov candles - L'HADLIK NER SHEL YOM TOV and SHE'HE'CHE'YANU.
Preferably, brachot should be said right before lighting the candles (Different from the standard practice for Shabbat candles)
Thursday night - after stars out, when we are saying havdala from Yom Tov to Chol HaMoed, Jews outside Israel light Yom Tov candles for the second day of Yom Tov. It is forbidden to strike a match; Yom Tov candles should be lit from a pre-existing flame.
Friday, before evening. Shabbat candles, but again, no striking a match - pre-existing flame.
No havdala is said when concluding Yom Tov by entering the higher sanctity of Shabbat.
Motza'ei Shabbat Chol HaMoed - regular full havdala. Rather than Shavua Tov, the traditional greeting is MO'ADIM L'SIMCHA, to which one answers CHAGIM UZMANIM L'SASON.
The following Tuesday CHol HaMoed, candle lighting for the seventh day of Pesach, no She'he'che'yanu.
Wednesday after dark, when we are making havdala and thinking of the fresh Angel's rolls that will be available in a few hours, Jews in CHUL light Yom Tov candles for the 8th day of Pesach - same procedure as above for the second day of Yom Tov.
Thursday night, Havdala from Yom Tov - wine and hamavdil brachot only.
PESACH Z’MANIM (Jerusalem)
B’dikat Chametz, Tue. April 11 from 7:30pm
Forbidden to eat chametz from Wednesday, Erev Pesach, April 12, from 10:00am - Benefit until / burn chametz before - 11:20am
Chametz can be burned any time on Erev Pesach until the end of the 5th hour. But it is preferable to burn it During the fifth hour, after it is already forbidden to eat it.
Chatzot Seder night (Afikoman by...) 12:40am
Explanation of the Z'manim
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.
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.