Chanukah 2230 / חֲנוּכָּה 5991

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5991 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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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Date🕎 Chanukah Candles
1️⃣ 🕯️ Light 1 candle at dusk
2️⃣ 🕯️ Light 2 candles at dusk
3️⃣ 🕯️ Light 3 candles before sundown
4️⃣ 🕯️ Light 4 candles at nightfall
5️⃣ 🕯️ Light 5 candles at dusk
6️⃣ 🕯️ Light 6 candles at dusk
7️⃣ 🕯️ Light 7 candles at dusk
8️⃣ 🕯️ Light 8 candles at dusk
Chanukah: 8th day
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Dates for Chanukah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Chanukah 2227 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5988
Chanukah 2228 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5989
Chanukah 2229 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5990
Chanukah 2230 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5991
Chanukah 2231 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5992
Chanukah 2232 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5993
Chanukah 2233 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5994
Chanukah 2234 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5995

Tanakh

Chanukah Day 1 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:1-17

  1. 1: Numbers 7:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:12-14 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:15-17 · 3 p’sukim

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 (on Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ג׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:24-29

  1. 1: Genesis 41:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
  2. 2: Genesis 41:15-38 · 24 p’sukim
  3. 3: Genesis 41:39-52 · 14 p’sukim
  4. 4: Genesis 41:53-42:18 · 23 p’sukim
  5. 5: Genesis 42:19-43:15 · 35 p’sukim
  6. 6: Genesis 43:16-29 · 14 p’sukim
  7. 7: Genesis 43:30-44:17 · 22 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 7:24-29 · 6 p’sukim
    *Chanukah Day 3 (on Shabbat)

Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
*Chanukah Day 3 (on Shabbat)

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 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:54-8:4

  1. 1: Numbers 7:54-56 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:57-59 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:60-8:4 · 34 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)

All About Hanukkah
by Madeline Wikler and Judyth Groner

A Different Light
by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre

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