Jewish Holidays

A simple npm package to check Jewish holidays and Shabbat.

Installation

To install the package, run the following command:

npm install jewish-holidays

Usage

You can use the package in your JavaScript projects as shown below:

import { isYomTov, isShabbat } from 'jewish-holidays';

// Check if a date is Yom Tov
const date = new Date();
const isInChutzLaaretz = true; // Adjust as needed
console.log(isYomTov(date, isInChutzLaaretz)); // true or false

// Check if a date is Shabbat
console.log(isShabbat(date)); // true or false

Functions

isYomTov

isYomTov(date: Date | BasicJewishDate, isChutzLaaretz: boolean) => boolean

Determines if the given date is a Yom Tov (Jewish holiday).

• date: A JavaScript Date object or a BasicJewishDate object.
• isChutzLaaretz: A boolean indicating if the calculation should consider diaspora holidays.

isShabbat

isShabbat(date: Date | BasicJewishDate) => boolean

Determines if the given date is Shabbat.

• date: A JavaScript Date object or a BasicJewishDate object.

License

MIT