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Display the Hebrew Date on Your iPhone Calendar and Home Screen

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!

Go to your settings app and scroll down to Calendar.

Select Alternate Calendars.


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!

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25 responses to “Display the Hebrew Date on Your iPhone Calendar and Home Screen”

  1. Suri f Avatar
    Suri f

    Thats amazing!!! I have been wanting this for ages!!
    thanks so much for again for your simple and genius hacks!

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  2. C Avatar
    C

    That’s amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  3. AB Avatar
    AB

    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.

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  4. TS Avatar
    TS

    Anyway to do this on Android?

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    1. Chanie Avatar
      Chanie

      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.

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    2. Sarah Z Avatar
      Sarah Z

      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.

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  5. Devora Avatar
    Devora

    This is so awesome!! Thanks loads for sharing this with the world!!

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  6. R Avatar
    R

    Thanks so much! This is a really helpful post.

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  7. M Avatar
    M

    Thank you! This is great to have!

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  8. Ms Avatar
    Ms

    Yay! And it’s so easy to do!!! Thank you!

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  9. RL Avatar
    RL

    Thank you!!! This is exactly what I needed!

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  10. Sarah h Avatar
    Sarah h

    Whaaa That’s Amazing!!

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  11. Leah Avatar
    Leah

    It’s actually the only thing I ever taught my husband about the iPhone! He’s pumped! Thanks!

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  12. Cg Avatar
    Cg

    Does the Hebrew date change at Tzeis hakochovim?

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  13. S Avatar
    S

    Thank you!! This helps me feel a little more connected!!

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  14. Alicia B. Denison Avatar
    Alicia B. Denison

    Good share. thanks https://betweencarpools.com/

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  15. G C Avatar
    G C

    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?

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  16. Steve Fil Avatar
    Steve Fil

    What about in the iOS 16? I am on the beta and it seems to have disappeared!

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  17. Tamar Avatar
    Tamar

    It does not display Shabbat candle lighting times

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  18. meir Avatar
    meir

    what about saving events in hebrew like if i want to remeber a hebrew birthday?

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  19. Hadassa Avatar
    Hadassa

    Thanks a million!

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  20. Esty Avatar
    Esty

    Wow Thank you! Never noticed this post before! So helpful

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  21. L Avatar
    L

    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!

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    1. YF Avatar
      YF

      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.

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      1. L Avatar
        L

        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 😉

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