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

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

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 month ...

“Safety for us does not come from hiding. It comes from reaching out.” Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah — the Festival of Lights — is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 ...

It also starts the same night each year — but on a different calendar. Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar.That Hebrew calendar is based ...

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

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 ...

Hanukkah falling on Christmas — sometimes dubbed " Christmukkah " — occurs rarely. Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah ...

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 ...

Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...