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Importing Hebcal Jewish calendars into desktop calendar applications, mobile devices, and web-based calendars

CSV Jewish holiday download for older versions of Microsoft Outlook

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Follow these instructions to add a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar to older versions of Microsoft Outlook. This article applies to Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 for Windows.

First, you’ll need to download an Outlook CSV (Comma-separated values) file from hebcal.com:

1. Open a web browser on your Microsoft Windows computer.

2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button

3. Click the Download… button

4. Select the CSV option from the Download dialog box

5. In the dialog box, select one of the two Download buttons – either Outlook CSV – USA date format (month/day/year) or Outlook CSV – European date format (day/month/year) (depending on whether you want USA or European date formats).

6. When prompted, specify a convenient name and location for the hebcal_DATE_LOCATION.csv file in the “Save As” dialogue box. We recommend saving the file on the Desktop

Next, import that file into Outlook:

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook
  2. Select the File -> Import and Export… menu option
  3. Select “Import from another program or file” and click Next
  4. Select “Comma Separated Values (Windows)” and click Next
  5. Find the hebcal_DATE_LOCATION.csv file you downloaded and select “Do not import duplicate items” and click Next
  6. Select Calendar and click Next. This will import your chosen file

Included in the Hebcal Jewish holiday downloads are options to select major holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Pesach, etc.), minor holidays (Purim, Chanukah, etc.), special Shabbatot, public fasts (Tish’a B’Av, etc.), Rosh Chodesh, and modern holidays (Yom HaAtzma’ut, etc.).

macOS Calendar Jewish holidays download

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Follow these instructions to subscribe to a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed in Calendar.app on macOS (formerly called Mac OS X) desktop:

1. Open a web browser on your macOS computer.

2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button

3. Click the Download… button

4. Select the Apple option from the download dialog box

5. Click on the grey “Subscribe on iPhone, iPad & macOS” button

6. Click Allow if your browser prompts you Do you want to allow this page to open “Calendar”?

7. Apple Calendar (OS X Mountain Lion and later) or iCal (OS X Lion and earlier) will start up

8. Click Subscribe in the “Calendar URL” dialog box

9. In the next dialog box, uncheck the “Remove Alerts” option if you wish to be notified of candle-lighting and Havdalah times.


macOS Calendar Info dialog box v3

10. Choose the Location for your subscription

  • Use iCloud if you wish to synchronize with other Apple devices such as iPhone or iPad
  • Use On My Mac if you wish to have the calendar subscription only on your desktop/laptop

11. Click OK

12. Congratulations! You should now see the Hebcal holiday calendar on your Calendar app

Google Calendar Jewish holidays download

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Follow these instructions to add a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed to Google Calendar.

Note: these instructions work best on a laptop/desktop computer and are less reliable on a mobile phone or Apple/Android tablet. On mobile devices, the Google Calendar app sometimes takes over from the mobile web browser. The mobile web version of Google Calendar won’t always subscribe to a third-party calendar.

1. Open a web browser on your computer. Navigate to https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal if you’re downloading a holiday calendar, or https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit if you’re downloading a Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar

2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button

3. Click the Download button

Step 3: Click the Download button

4. Select the Google Calendar option from the Download dialog box

Step 4: Select the Google Calendar option from the Download dialog box


5. Click on the grey “Add to Google Calendar” button

Step 6: Click Add when Google Calendar prompts you to add the calendar from download.hebcal.com

6. Click Add when Google Calendar prompts you to add the calendar from download.hebcal.com

7. Next, Google Calendar will display a brief message at the bottom of the screen that says “Calendar added.”

8. After 3-4 minutes, you’ll see your new calendar in the left sidebar under “Other calendars”

Step 8: After 3-4 minutes, you’ll see your new calendar in the left sidebar under “Other calendars”

9. If you need to make changes, you can click on the Hebcal calendar in the left and select “Calendar settings” from the pop-up menu.

10. Congratulations! Your calendar is now subscribed and you will receive perpetual updates.

Note: if you prefer to manually import the calendar events into Google Calendar and merge with your own calendar, we offer Google Calendar alternative instructions.

Outlook for Mac 2011 Jewish holidays download

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This page includes instructions on how to subscribe to a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed in Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011. This version of Outlook on macOS did not support iCalendar subscriptions and cloud sync, so it requires downloading a copy of events from Hebcal.com and manually managing them on your desktop.

Update: these are no longer the recommended instructions for modern versions of Microsoft Outlook on Mac. If you use Outlook 2016 for Mac or later, Microsoft now recommends that you sync your account to the Microsoft Cloud. “Available for Google accounts in Mail and Calendar, and Google, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP accounts in Outlook for Mac, this allows you to enjoy many of the best features of Mail and Calendar and Outlook for Mac.”

Follow these instructions for Outlook 2011 Mac:

  1. Open a web browser on your macOS computer.
  2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button
  3. Click the Download… button
  4. Select the Outlook Mac option from the Download dialog box
  5. Click on the Jewish Calendar YYYY.ics download button
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Next, find the downloaded .ics file (typically in your Downloads or Desktop folder). To get the Jewish holidays to show up with a color-coded category, be sure to drag and drop the .ics file you downloaded onto one of the category labels on the left pane as follows:

Screen shot of adding a hebcal.ics file to Outlook 2011 for macOS

If you simply drag the .ics file to Outlook 2011 icon in your dock or double-click on it, it will get categorized and color-coded as “No Category” which is probably not what you want.

iPhone & iPad Jewish holidays download

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Follow these instructions to subscribe to a Hebcal Jewish Calendar multi-year feed directly from your iPhone or iPad:

1. Open Safari on your iOS device

2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button

3. Click the Download… button

Step 3: Click the Download button

4. Select the Apple option from the Download dialog box

Step 5: Click on the Subscribe on iPhone, iPad & macOS download button

5. Click on the Subscribe on iPhone, iPad & macOS download button

Step 6: Click the Subscribe button on the “Add Subscription Calendar” dialog box

6. Click the Subscribe button on the “Add Subscription Calendar” dialog box

Step 7: Review the information and then click “Add”

7. Review the information and, click Add

8. When iPhone has finished subscribing, click Done

If you later wish to remove it from your phone, go to over to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar. You will see all your subscriptions listed under Accounts. Choose the one you want to edit or remove, and hit Delete Account

If you want to remove the calendar, follow these delete or unsubscribe from your iPhone or iPad instructions.