Dear all, All Jewish days, including Holy Days and Festivals, begin at sunset with the lighting of candles. (This has to do ...

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This article discusses the final category: federal holidays that are religious in origin but are now seemingly celebrated secularly, with New Year’s Day as an excellent example of that.

Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar cycles. But the Gregorian calendar ...

Christmas: Celebrated on December 25 each year, Christmas follows the Gregorian calendar, a solar calendar used worldwide for civil purposes. Hanukkah: Hanukkah follows the Hebrew lunar calendar ...

The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

Christmas and Hanukkah share a date this year. An important connection between them is that they are both celebrations of light over darkness.

"Safety for us does not come from hiding. It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync ...

Hanukkah falling on Christmas — sometimes dubbed " Christmukkah " — occurs rarely. Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah have occurred simultaneously four times since 1900, according to Hebcal, a ...

Although he was leaving the Knesset, Yoav Gallant said that he was staying within Netanyahu's party, describing the "Likud's way" as his way.

Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on the 25th day of Kislev.

The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the ...