Chanukah 1188 / חֲנוּכָּה 4949

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 4949 began on and ended on .

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.

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Dates for Chanukah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Chanukah 1185 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 4946
Chanukah 1186 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4947
Chanukah 1187 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4948
Chanukah 1188 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4949
Chanukah 1189 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4950
Chanukah 1190 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 4951
Chanukah 1191 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4952
Chanukah 1192 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 4953

Tanakh

Chanukah Day 1 (on Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayeshev · Genesis 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:1-17

  1. 1: Genesis 37:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Genesis 37:12-22 · 11 p’sukim
  3. 3: Genesis 37:23-36 · 14 p’sukim
  4. 4: Genesis 38:1-30 · 30 p’sukim
  5. 5: Genesis 39:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
  6. 6: Genesis 39:7-23 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Genesis 40:1-23 · 23 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 7:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
    *Chanukah Day 1 (on Shabbat)

Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
*Chanukah Day 1 (on Shabbat)

Chanukah Day 2 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ב׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:18-29

  1. 1: Numbers 7:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:21-23 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:24-29 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 3 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ג׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:24-35

  1. 1: Numbers 7:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:27-29 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:30-35 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 4 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ד׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:30-41

  1. 1: Numbers 7:30-32 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:33-35 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:36-41 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 5 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ה׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:36-47

  1. 1: Numbers 7:36-38 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:39-41 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 6 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ו׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:42-47

  1. 1: Numbers 28:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 7 (on Rosh Chodesh) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ)

Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:48-53

  1. 1: Numbers 28:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 7:48-53 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 8 (on Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

  1. maf: Numbers 7:54-8:4 · 40 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 7:40-50 · 11 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Hanukkah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

Chanukah - Its History, Observance & Significance
by Rabbi Hersh Goldwurm

All About Hanukkah
by Madeline Wikler and Judyth Groner

The Complete Chanukah Songbook

A Different Light
by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre

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