Chanukah 8391 / חֲנוּכָּה 12151

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 12151 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 nightfall
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 at dusk
7️⃣ 🕯️ Light 7 candles before sundown
8️⃣ 🕯️ Light 8 candles at nightfall
Chanukah: 8th day
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Dates for Chanukah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Chanukah 8388 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12148
Chanukah 8389 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12149
Chanukah 8390 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12150
Chanukah 8391 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 12151
Chanukah 8392 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12152
Chanukah 8393 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12153
Chanukah 8394 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12154
Chanukah 8394 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 12155

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

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 Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

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׳

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)

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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