Hanukkah came a bit late this season, beginning at nightfall on December 25, 2024 and concluded on the evening of January 2, 2025. It started on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev. The eight-day ...
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For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...
Here is some background information about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. In 2025, Hanukkah will start on December 14 at sunset and will end December 22, at sunset. In 2024, Hanukkah will start on ...
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...
My parents threw at least one mega-Hanukkah party each year, a festive event featuring brisket (Jewish-style, with gravy, not ...
It is not a major religious holiday in the Jewish calendar. The Books of the Maccabees are not included in the Jewish biblical canon, and the Babylonian Talmud only briefly explains the holiday's ...
Hanukkah is not a holiday to sit all day in synagogue and pray. It’s more of a holiday to eat potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, listen to comedian Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song, light candles each ...
Hanukkah, also spelt Chanukah, is a Jewish festival ... of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. The Hebrew word "Hanukkah" translates to "dedication," reflecting the holiday's central theme of ...
The shorter lunar calendar means each year ... Quinton Lucas lead a public menorah lighting commemorating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Lewis says Jewish communities have remained safe in ...