Class Sedra

Represents Parashah HaShavua for an entire Hebrew year

Constructors

constructor

Methods

find findContaining get getFirstSaturday getSedraArray getString getYear isParsha lookup

Constructors

constructor

  • new Sedra(hyear, il): Sedra

  • Caculates the Parashah HaShavua for an entire Hebrew year

    Parameters

    • hyear: number

      Hebrew year (e.g. 5749)

    • il: boolean

      Use Israel sedra schedule (false for Diaspora)

    Returns Sedra

Methods

find

  • find(parsha): null | HDate

  • Returns the date that a parsha occurs or null if the parsha doesn't occur this year

    Parameters

    • parsha: string | number | string[]

      if a string, specified with Sephardic transliterations like 'Noach' or 'Matot-Masei'. If an array, must be a 1- or 2-element array such as ['Noach'] or ['Matot', 'Masei']. If a number, should be a 0-based parsha index (0 for Bereshit, 1 for Noach) or a negative number for a doubled parsha (e.g. -21 for Vayakhel-Pekudei)

    Returns null | HDate

findContaining

  • findContaining(parsha): null | HDate

  • Returns the date that a parsha (or its doubled or undoubled counterpart) occurs, or null if the parsha doesn't occur this year

    Parameters

    • parsha: string | number

    Returns null | HDate

get

  • get(hd): string[]

  • Returns the parsha (or parshiyot) read on Hebrew date

    Parameters

    • hd: number | HDate

      Hebrew date or R.D. days

    Returns string[]

    Deprecated

    Use lookup instead

getFirstSaturday

  • getFirstSaturday(): number

  • R.D. date of the first Saturday on or after Rosh Hashana

    Returns number

getSedraArray

  • getSedraArray(): readonly NumberOrString[]

  • Returns the underlying annual sedra schedule. Used by @hebcal/triennial

    Returns readonly NumberOrString[]

getString

  • getString(hd, locale?): string

  • Looks up parsha for the date, then returns a translated or transliterated string

    Parameters

    • hd: number | HDate

      Hebrew date or R.D. days

    • Optionallocale: string

      Optional locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr'). Defaults to active locale

    Returns string

    Deprecated

    Use lookup instead

getYear

isParsha

  • isParsha(hd): boolean

  • Checks to see if this day would be a regular parasha HaShavua Torah reading or special holiday reading

    Parameters

    • hd: number | HDate

      Hebrew date or R.D. days

    Returns boolean

    Deprecated

    Use lookup instead

lookup

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