Shabbos & Yom Tov: hold messages and charges
From candle lighting until after havdalah, Yahiv sends nothing and charges nothing — texts, emails, calls, receipts and recurring charges wait. You can close your giving pages too.
Before you start
- Only the Owner can change this.
- 1
Open the setting
Avatar menu → "Settings" → "Shabbos & Yom Tov". The top line shows the next candle lighting (or until when it's Shabbos now).
Next candle lighting for your location. - 2
Turn it on
Tick "Hold all messages and charges over Shabbos & Yom Tov".
The main switch. - 3
Close the pages (optional)
Tick "Close the giving page, kiosk, sponsorship page and phone line too". People see "Good Shabbos — come back after havdalah".
- 4
Your location
Choose "Your location (for the times)" from the list, or "Other — enter latitude / longitude". Set "Candle lighting, minutes before sunset" (e.g. 18).
Your city sets the times. - 5
Eretz Yisroel
Tick "In Eretz Yisroel (one day Yom Tov)" if you're in Israel.
- 6
Save
Click "Save". Havdalah is at 8.5° (about 42 minutes after sunset). Messages that waited go out within 15 minutes after havdalah.
Tips
- Membership dues and recurring gifts due on Shabbos are charged afterwards.
- QR pledge thank-you texts on a Motzei Shabbos event wait until havdalah.
If something isn't working
The boxes are greyed out.
Only the Owner can change these settings. Ask the Owner to sign in.
"Choose your location (or enter a latitude and longitude)"
Pick a city, or choose "Other" and fill in both latitude and longitude.
The times changed after we saved the shul screen.
The shul screen's "Zmanim for" and this location are the same setting. Set them to the same place.