Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year. How often does that occur? Explaining the rare Chrismukkah convergence and other ...

The holidays have occurred on the same day four times since 1900, according to Hebcal, a website that tracks Jewish holidays ...

While the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah often falls at varying points during November and December, this year's festival of ...

Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the 25th of ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of the Syrian Greeks who oppressed the religious ...

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles ... But the term “Chrismukkah” — signifying the ...

The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle ... Hanukkah is not one of the major holidays within Judaism, and religious holiday restrictions do not apply, according to The Jewish Chronicle.

Christmas and Hanukkah coincided in 2023, an event not seen since 2005, inspiring joint celebrations of both holidays.

For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...

But how did this holiday of miracles and resilience become ... Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar year and initiates the Ten Days of Repentance.

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for once, the most wonderful day. You can thank a Jewish Leap Year and other calendrical quirks. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date.