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The lunar calendar is shorter than the solar one, so an extra month is added to the Jewish calendar every two to three years to keep the holidays within certain agricultural seasons and times of year.
While Christmas Eve and Christmas Day remain the 24th and 25th of every year, Hanukkah spans eight days and runs on the Jewish calendar, which is lunar based, so the dates for Hanukkah change yearly.
"Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lighting lights during the darkest time of the year. Just as on Christmas, we talk about the star of Bethlehem and about Jesus being a new light.
Hanukkah recalls a Jewish revolt against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago and the legend of a miraculously long-lasting vial of oil. It also starts the same night each year ...
The dating of the festival—on the 25 th day of the ninth month, Kislew, according to the Jewish calendar (around our modern December)—was linked both to the day of the temple’s original ...
“Hanukkah is the only post-biblical Jewish holiday. All of the other Jewish holidays are explained or appear somewhere in the biblical canon, from the Bible all the way down into the later ...
Seharane is celebrated by Kurdish Jews outside of Israel on this date. In the state of Israel, it is celebrated on Chol HaMoed Sukkot. (see entry for that holiday) 23 Nisan (22 Nisan within Israel) April 5, 2021 (April 4, 2021) Shab Shal: Iranian Jews, end of Passover holiday. 27 Nisan sunset, April 8 – nightfall, April 9, 2021 Yom HaShoah
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is joyfully celebrated by Jewish people around the world. Corresponding with the lunisolar calendar, the holiday dates change each year (typically ...