Useful tools
Times, symbols, dates.
Three tools that get used. More on the way.
Tool 01 · Live
Candle-lighting times
Friday sunset, by ZIP code.
Brooklyn, NY
Light at
19:48
Havdalah
20:52
Tool 02
Kosher symbol decoder
What's that mark on the package?
Orthodox Union
Largest US kosher agency. Found on most American packaged foods.
Tool 03
Hebrew date converter
Today's date in two calendars.
Gregorian
May 6
2026
Hebrew
י״ח אייר
5786 · Iyar 18
This week: Lag BaOmer (33rd day of the Omer count). Bonfires lit. The omer mourning period pauses.