shabbat-or-yomtov.md

Combined Shabbat or Yom Tov Binary Sensor for Home Assistant

This example uses the Jewish Sabbaths & Holidays integration by rt400, which provides a variety of sensors including:

• sensor.hebcal_is_shabbat — returns 'True' if it's currently Shabbat, otherwise 'False'
• sensor.hebcal_is_yomtov — returns 'No Info' if it's not Yom Tov, otherwise a string with the holiday name

If you want to drive automations based on either Shabbat or Yom Tov, you can create a combined binary sensor using a template sensor.

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Logic

We define a binary_sensor.is_shabbat_or_yomtov which returns on if:

• sensor.hebcal_is_shabbat is 'True' OR
• sensor.hebcal_is_yomtov is anything other than 'No Info'

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🛠️ YAML Configuration

Add this under your binary_sensor: section:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    is_shabbat_or_yomtov:
      friendly_name: "Is it Shabbat or Yom Tov"
      value_template: >-
        {{ is_state('sensor.hebcal_is_shabbat', 'True') or not is_state('sensor.hebcal_is_yomtov', 'No Info') }}
      icon_template: >-
        {% if is_state('sensor.hebcal_is_shabbat', 'True') or not is_state('sensor.hebcal_is_yomtov', 'No Info') %}
          mdi:candle
        {% else %}
          mdi:calendar-remove
        {% endif %}

💡 Use Case

This is useful for:

• Controlling lighting automations on holy days
• Muting notifications
• Displaying a clear Shabbat/Yom Tov status indicator on dashboards

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📎 Reference

• Integration: rt400/Jewish-Sabbaths-Holidays on GitHub