Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights, is based on the Jewish lunar calendar, which has months that follow the moon's cycles. A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days.

It is about which month is the primary month of the Jewish calendar. Rabbi Eliezer says that the future Messianic redemption will occur in Tishrei, while Rabbi Yehoshua says it will occur during ...

The dates for Passover are based on the Hebrew calendar. It always falls on the 15th day of the month of Nissan, which is the first full moon after the spring equinox.

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Google Calendar has removed International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month from its default display in the United States, part of a broader removal of cultural and ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days. To keep the lunar and solar years aligned, the Jewish calendar adds a 13th month every few years, creating a “leap year.” ...

Every month is a lunar month, with the first day being the new moon, said Rabbi Larry Milder for Building Jewish Bridges. Hanukkah always occurs on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew 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 ...