Chanukah 4886 / חֲנוּכָּה 8646

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 8646 begins at sundown on Saturday, 5 January 4886 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 13 January 4886.

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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Chanukah Day 1 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳
Sunday, 6 January 4886 / 25 Kislev 8646

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׳
Monday, 7 January 4886 / 26 Kislev 8646

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׳
Tuesday, 8 January 4886 / 27 Kislev 8646

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׳
Wednesday, 9 January 4886 / 28 Kislev 8646

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׳
Thursday, 10 January 4886 / 29 Kislev 8646

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׳
Friday, 11 January 4886 / 1 Tevet 8646

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 Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Saturday, 12 January 4886 / 2 Tevet 8646

Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:48-53

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 7:48-53 · 6 p’sukim
   *Chanukah Day 7 (on Shabbat)

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

Chanukah Day 8 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳
Sunday, 13 January 4886 / 3 Tevet 8646

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

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