Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Chanukah December 6, 2015
Chanukah / חנוכה
Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka]
in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the
Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the
rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of
the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight
nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew
calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in
the Gregorian calendar.
Chanukah begins at sundown on Sun, 06
December 2015.
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