Personal Events

iKaluach tracks recurring Hebrew dates and one-time events, with an optional civil-date recurrence and reminders.

Adding an event

Select the day in the calendar, then tap + — or touch and hold a day and choose New Event. The event’s Hebrew date is the day selected; choose the right day first.

Event types

Azkara or yahrzeit: select the date of death. Choose the rite, Sephardi or Ashkenazi. For a death in Adar, choose which Adar to keep in a leap year — Sephardi practice keeps Adar II. For the first yahrzeit you may base the date on the burial instead; the burial date starts at the day after the death and must be after it and within 30 days. Tap ⓘ for an explanation of each choice.

Birthday or anniversary: a plain-Adar birthday is treated as Adar II, with a reminder that opinions differ. A birthday records gender for its Bar or Bat Mitzvah date. A wedding anniversary can show a heart.

One-time event: one Hebrew date with no recurrence.

Every event needs a name. A date of death or birth can’t be in the future; the one exception is a Hebrew date that began at sunset this evening.

Optional civil recurrence

A recurring event may also recur on a fixed civil date. Because a Hebrew day touches two civil dates, choose either the earlier or the later one. This is in addition to the Hebrew recurrence.

Reminders

Turn on Remind me to be reminded the day before. See Alarms and reminders.

Finding and managing events

In the list below the grid, tap one of your events to edit it, touch and hold it for its menu, or swipe it left to delete it. The list button at the top opens All Events, with filters by type and a search field; tap an event there for the same menu. The menu can take you to the event’s original date, its burial date, its next Hebrew or civil occurrence, or a Bar or Bat Mitzvah date, and offers Edit and Delete. Deleting always asks first.

Until iCloud sync arrives, events entered on the iPhone are kept on the iPhone, separately from those in Kaluach Mac.