Chanukah 4072 / חֲנוּכָּה 7833

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 7833 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 at dusk
4️⃣ 🕯️ Light 4 candles at dusk
5️⃣ 🕯️ Light 5 candles at dusk
6️⃣ 🕯️ Light 6 candles before sundown
7️⃣ 🕯️ Light 7 candles at nightfall
8️⃣ 🕯️ Light 8 candles at dusk
Chanukah: 8th day
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Dates for Chanukah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Chanukah 4069 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7829
Chanukah 4069 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7830
Chanukah 4070 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 7831
Chanukah 4071 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7832
Chanukah 4072 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7833
Chanukah 4073 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 7834
Chanukah 4074 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7835
Chanukah 4075 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 7836

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 / 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

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah / שַׁבָּת רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ חֲנוּכָּה

Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 28:9-15, 7:42-47

  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 43:16-44:17 · 36 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
  8. maf*: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah

Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah

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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