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It's particularly handy to have it together with your calendar, so that you can make sure to avoid conflicts with Jewish holidays when you are scheduling meetings or other events. It's also very helpful to know the Shabbat and holiday candle- lighting time when scheduling events in your calendar. Q: Besides observant Jews, who else uses Luach? Hirsch: Many Jews who are not Orthodox still observe Shabbat and Jewish holidays in their own ways. These people want to know when the Jewish holidays occur. It's still universal to celebrate yahrzeits (anniversary of a death), based on the Jewish date. It's also very useful to figure out the date for a bar mitzvah and determine the Torah portion that is read for that Shabbat. Present this ad and receive $10 OFF $50 purchase and $20 OFF $100 purchase 9:09 PM September 3, 2014 Jerusalem, Israel Parshat Ki-Tavo 1 11 Ajl ■ LwAssitiaia 9:11 PM Carrier Q: What are some highlights in the iOS version? Hirsch: Different people find differ- ent features as highlights. For me, the most convenient thing is being able to see what time candlelighting is for the upcoming Shabbat. That's right there on the home screen of Luach as soon as I open it. I also like that I can view events from the regular iPhone calen- dar from within Luach, and I can cre- ate new events in the iPhone calendar from within Luach. This eliminates the need to switch back and forth between Luach and the calendar when planning an event or meeting that needs to take into account the Jewish holidays or Shabbat time. Luach has the ability to be config- ured for the specific customs of each user. It's also really easy to find out candlelighting times for any city, any- where in the world. This is great for Today Go To C Prem. Nexl E:3 Setup business trips and vacations. Keeping track of yahrzeits is also very impor- tant. Q: What features are you most proud of and how will they be used? Hirsch: The original Palm version was very well liked. I used the foun- dations of the Palm application but adapted it to the iPhone environment. This included taking advantage of the larger, high-resolution screen to show more information on the home screen. In addition, I took advantage of the swiping ability on the iPhone to make it easy to get information for differ- ent dates and different cities. I took advantage of the iPhone's GPS and Internet connectivity to allow users to get candlelighting times for their cur- rent location, or to automatically find the longitude and latitude for any city in the world. Q: Will there be an Android version? Hirsch: That depends a lot on the success of the iOS version. A lot of time was spent developing the iOS version. I have had a lot of requests for an Android version, and I'd love to do one, but this is also my livelihood. Those who had Luach on their Palm organizers paid $25 for Luach, or more if they added Hebrew. On the iPhone, I'm charging $3.99 (and Apple takes 30 percent of that). This is a niche market, and I need a pretty significant volume of sales in order to recoup the develop- ment costs. If I see that I have a good sales volume, I'll seriously consider an Android version. Q: What are some of the Halachic issues you faced in creating this app? Hirsch: You could write a whole article on this subject. The main issues