The Torah Calendar Program

 

Click Here to Download Torah_Calendar.zip

 

1. The program will download as a zip archive. Unzip the two files into one directory.

 

            torah_calendar.exe

        legend.txt

 

2. Run torah_calendar.exe. If the DOS screen has only 25 lines, then it is too small, and you will have to reset it.  To do this RIGHT CLICK on the top of the DOS window.  A list will drop down.  Select "Properties".  Another window will open. Set the Screen Buffer Size "Height:" to 50, and also the Window Size "Height:" to 50.  Click O.k.  A box will open.  Fill in the bubble that says "Save properties for future windows with same title",  Click O.k.  Close the DOS window and start the program over again.

 

3. If you know how to open the DOS prompt, then you can  run this program by navigating to the directory you unzipped it in and typing "torah_calendar.exe" at the command prompt. Be sure to resize the DOS window to maximum before you run the program.

 

4. You may open and read legend.txt. BUT DO NOT MODIFY OR OTHEWISE CHANGE IT. The legend.txt file is necessary for torah_calendar to work right.

 

5. A typical Download on Mozilla Firefox:

    1. Click link above--> box pops up.

    2. Fill in the "Save File" bubble., click "OK"-->download list box opens

    3. Right click on "Torah_Calendar.zip", select "Open Containing Folder"

    4. Double Click file "Torah_Calendar.zip"

    5. Double Click file "Torah_Calendar"

    6. Double Click file "torah_calendar.exe"

    7. Click on Extract all.

    8. Run torah_calendar.exe.

    9. If the DOX box needs to be bigger use procedure #2 above.

 

Torah Calendar Output for Nov 2011-2013


Here is an example with the sunset times for where I live on Washington Island, Wisconsin. You will be able to set the latitude and longitude of your location to post sabbath sunset times. Note that the sun sets at 4:06 pm on the 6th of of the Xth month (Tebeth), which is also the 6th day of the week, and corresponds to Decemeber 2 and the parallel Gregorian Calendar below.

The next example shows the calendar with the Shavuot Counting Feature on (default) for months I-III. The counting is done by a triple number set #-#-# where the first number is the day of the month, the second number is the number of Sabbaths counted (1..7), and the third number is the number of days (1..50). Note that I left the sunset times for my location in, and that I elected to have it show DST daylight savings time.

This box displays the entire contents of the auxillary file legend.txt.