Want to know the Hebrew date at any given time? It’s easy to have it show up right alongside the secular date on your iPhone calendar app.
You can keep track of Jewish birthdays and Rosh Chodesh so much more easily when you can see the date on your calendar. And it’s such a simple setting to turn on!
Select Hebrew.
That’s it! Now go to your calendar (the native app that comes with the phone) and you’ll see the Hebrew date right underneath the secular one. It’ll be on your lock screen, as well!
Thats amazing!!! I have been wanting this for ages!!
thanks so much for again for your simple and genius hacks!
That’s amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
It’s useful for so much more than just Rosh Chodesh and birthdays! When I need to schedule appointments several months out, it’s super helpful to know the Hebrew date so that you don’t accidentally schedule for a very inconvenient time on the Jewish calendar.
Anyway to do this on Android?
Yes, you can also set it up on an Android phone. If you go to the calendar there is three lines in the top left corner, click on that then scroll down to settings. Then click on general, then you will see an option for alternate calendar. Then you can select Hebrew calendar. Hope this is helpful.
I have an Android and just tried it on my Google Calendar. I went to Settings, General Settings, Alternate Calendar, and chose Hebrew. It’s not so clear on the daily Calendar (it says the day but not the month) and doesn’t display the date on my home screen, but it did technically work.
This is so awesome!! Thanks loads for sharing this with the world!!
Thanks so much! This is a really helpful post.
Thank you! This is great to have!
Yay! And it’s so easy to do!!! Thank you!
Thank you!!! This is exactly what I needed!
Whaaa That’s Amazing!!
It’s actually the only thing I ever taught my husband about the iPhone! He’s pumped! Thanks!
Does the Hebrew date change at Tzeis hakochovim?
Thank you!! This helps me feel a little more connected!!
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I followed all the instructions to add a Hebrew calendar on to my android, but there was no option to add on Hebrew. Only like 7 other options. Any advice on how to add on Hebrew if I don’t see it as a choice?
What about in the iOS 16? I am on the beta and it seems to have disappeared!
It does not display Shabbat candle lighting times
what about saving events in hebrew like if i want to remeber a hebrew birthday?
Thanks a million!
Wow Thank you! Never noticed this post before! So helpful
Wow, I cannot believe that existed all this time on my phone and here I’ve been googling “Rosh Chodesh Shevat 2025.” It doesn’t appear on my Lock Screen though. Any suggestions? Thank you for this post!
You can go to settings, wallpaper, hit the customize on the wallpaper sample, there you will see parts of the screen circled that you can customize. There is an option to add the hebrew date.
That worked, that worked!!! Thank you so much YG! When you get up to shamayim after 120 you’re going to see all these zechusim from helping out a stranger on the internet 😉