Hanukkah
December 26, Thursday
26 - December 31, Thursday – Tuesday
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.
Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, commonly called a menorah or hanukkiah. One branch is typically placed above or below the others and its candle is used to light the other eight candles. This unique candle is called the shammash.
Hanukkah in other years
- 2022 December 19, Monday
- 2022 19 - December 24, Monday – Saturday
- 2023 December 8, Friday
- 2023 8 - December 13, Friday – Wednesday
- 2025 January 1, Wednesday
- 2025 1 - January 6, Wednesday – Monday