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Chanukah (Hanukkah) 2024 starts at nightfall on December 25, 2024 and ends with nightfall on January 2, 2025, beginning on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasting for eight days. Chanukah in Other Years: 2025: December 14-22. 2026: December 4-12. 2027: December 24, 2027- January 1, 2028. 2028: December 12-20. What Is Hanukkah?
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Chanukah begins Wednesday evening, December 25, 2024 and...
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On the first night of Chanukah (Wednesday, December 25,...
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Learn how to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with the proper greetings, the Hanukkah story, the Shehecheyanu blessing, and the Hanukkah menorah. Find recipes, music, games, and more to make your celebration festive and fun.
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Jewish communities worldwide celebrate Hanukkah between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of the month of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar. Jewish families celebrate this holiday by lighting a special Hanukkah menorah, a candelabrum with holders for 8 candles, one for each day of celebration, plus a ninth, the shammashor “server”, u...
The first day of Hanukkah is not a public holiday in Israel but it falls within the school holiday period. This event is also not a public holiday in countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Some Jewish schools in these and other countries have their school vacation fall around the same time of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah commemorates the successful rebellion of the Jewish people against the Syrians in the Maccabean War of 162 BCE, but the military associations of this festival are played down. What is really being celebrated is the survival of Judaism. After the Jewish people's victory they ritually cleansed and rededicated the Temple, then re-lit the meno...
The eight-branched Hanukkah menorah, or candle holder, is an important element that symbolizes the tradition of Hanukkah. It relates well with why the holiday is called “the festival of lights”. The menorah is lit from the left side to the right and people say blessings when the menorah is lit. There are many different styles of the menorah – in ma...
In the Jewish diaspora—Jewish communities outside of Israel—an extra day is usually added to religious observances, with the exception of Yom Kippur, which lasts only one day worldwide, and Rosh Hashana, which is celebrated over two days in both Israel and the diaspora. This custom has its roots in ancient times when the beginning of the months in ...
Oct 27, 2009 · Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December. Hanukkah 2023 begins on the evening of Thursday,...
Learn about the history, traditions, and dates of Hanukkah, the eight-night Jewish holiday that celebrates the miracle of the lights and religious freedom. Find out when Hanukkah/Hanukkah (first day) 2024 falls in the United States and other countries, and how to observe this festival with candles, food, songs, and games.
