Zmanim Grid
Toggle the exact times you want visible, including chatzot, civil dawn and dusk, misheyakir, sunrise, sunset, plag hamincha, and the rest of the listed v1 zmanim.
Feature set
Everything your synagogue screen needs, without turning the TV into a fragile app.
The screen stays focused on visibility and reliability. The dashboard stays clean and checkbox-driven. The backend handles geocoding, zmanim, weather, uploads, and alerts.
Free path
Use the ZIP link when you want a fast screen with no registration.
- Open
tv.zmanim.tv/us90210style links with a U.S. ZIP code. - No signup is required.
- Best for a quick synagogue display based on ZIP-level location.
Full path
Use signup when the screen needs to belong to your synagogue.
- Add the synagogue logo, rotating photos, rabbi message, and donation QR.
- Manage the screen from the dashboard magic link.
- Use alerts, custom settings, and your dedicated TV code.
On-screen modules
Show the information people actually look for when they walk into the building.
Weekday and Shabbat Schedules
Keep separate fields for Shacharit, Mincha, Arvit, and Shabbat-specific services so the screen reflects the room's actual prayer schedule rather than a generic message box.
Rabbi Message Layer
Publish a daily note, event reminder, or special announcement directly inside the layout without replacing the whole screen.
Weather Strip
Pull a fresh 7-day forecast from OpenWeather on each page load. No stale widget sitting in a browser tab for days.
Branding and Photography
Keep the logo fixed in place while rotating up to five images on a transition timer you control inside the dashboard.
Donation QR Display
Show a donation QR or campaign graphic when appropriate, then hide it automatically on Shabbat and high holidays through the `qr_holiday` behavior.
Admin experience
Dashboard controls are plain, direct, and passwordless.
Magic-link admin access
One safe 16-character dashboard URL. No usernames, no forgotten passwords, no volunteer
handoff drama.
Live preview mindset
Toggle fields, update media, change layout choices, and publish knowing the TVs will reload
the full page when the update lands.
Resend behavior built in
If someone signs up again with the same email, the system can resend the existing access
details rather than creating confusion.
Alert behavior
Emergency notices are visible, interruptive, and still leave the screen readable.
Test alert
Green ribbon plus calm audio so staff can rehearse without creating panic.
Live alert
Red ribbon plus urgent audio, visible across the middle of the current screen.
Operational timing
Audio can run for up to two minutes, while the ribbon can remain active for two hours or
until an admin clears it.
v1 operating principles
Simple choices made on purpose.
No passwords
Admin access is magic-link only. TVs stay public and read-only.
No heavy TV JavaScript
The display is mostly HTML and CSS, plus a tiny reload and SSE listener.
No weather caching
Weather is requested fresh on every screen load instead of being preserved in old tabs.
No fake fallbacks
If an upstream feed is unavailable in v1, the affected section can simply remain blank.