import os
import sys
def getParasha():
if os.popen("which hebcal").read() != "":
print "WARNING: please install hebcal on this system"
print "Enter secular calender year of Rosh Hashanah, or q to quit",
while 1:
x = sys.stdin.readline()
if len(x) > 1 and x[0] == "q":
print "Goodbye!"
sys.exit()
try:
year = int(x)
if year < 1900:
print "Did you mean something this century? Use four digit year"
else:
break
except ValueError:
print "oops! try again"
#Ok, have year
x = os.popen("hebcal 10 1 %i"%year).readlines()[0]
hebyear = x.split()[-1]
print "Hebrew year is ",hebyear
plist = os.popen("hebcal -s %i | grep Parasha"%year).readlines()
plist += os.popen("hebcal -s %i | grep Parasha"%(year+1)).readlines()
plist = [x.strip() for x in plist]
plist = [x.split(None,2) for x in plist]
plist = [(x[0],x[2],x[2].lower().replace("-","").replace("'","").replace(" ","")) for x in plist]
searchlist = [x[2][:4] for x in plist]
i1 = searchlist.index("bere")
searchlist = searchlist[i1:]
plist = plist[i1:]
i2 = searchlist.index("haaz")+1
return hebyear,plist[:i2]
WEBPAGE = """
D'vrei Torah page for the Adas Israel Traditional
Egalitarian Minyan %s
Welcome to the D'var Torah resource page
for the
Adas Israel Traditional Egalitarian Minyan
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If you are interested in giving a D'var Torah in the Minyan,
or are looking for the text of a D'var Torah that
someone else has given, you've come to the right place!
NOTE: New email address!
To reserve your date email David Nemeth at
or phone at home, 202-244-9425. He's happy to talk after
services
too!
(Picture of David coming sometime!)
If you have the text of a D'var you've given in the minyan,
either
this year or from a previous year, we'd like to include it
in the archive. Please send the text to him at
Texts of previous minyan D'vrei Torah can be found in the archive.
D'var Torah Resources: Hebcal.com for
Holiday dates, and weekly parashot. It also has many other resources.
The Torah in Hebrew and English side by side can be found at www.mechon-mamre.org.
They also have mp3s of the bible being read in Hebrew.
Look up Rashi
for a given line of Torah at www.rashiyomi.com.
Click on the name of the Parashat below to see the full text of the
reading in English according to the JPS translation.
Date
Parashat
Speaker
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