Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

What is happening? In fact, Hanukkah always begins on the same date, but in a different calendar system. It is found predictably every year on the 25th of the month of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar.

In order to keep the Jewish year aligned with the seasons of the solar calendar, Jews periodically add leap years that include an extra month. This year is one of them.

So Wednesday is Erev Rosh Hashanah, or Rosh Hashanah eve, and marks the beginning of the holiday. What year is starting on the Jewish calendar?

Rosh Hashanah, meaning "head of the year" in Hebrew, is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. It’s commemorated with prayers, food and gatherings.

Hanukkah changes every year but 2024's Jewish festival coincides with Christmas, starting at sunset on December 25 and continuing for eight nights.

The holiday takes place every year during the Hebrew calendar month of Nisan, which typically lands in March or April. Passover, also called Pesach, celebrates the Israelites' liberation from ...

Hanukkah, which is also called the Festival of Lights, starts on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. It lasts for eight days and eight nights.

A Jordanian man arrested last month in Houston on a federal firearm possession charge had spoken of “martyrdom,” a federal judge said in a court order, and was “plotting to attack a Jewish ...