Chanukah 8548 / חֲנוּכָּה 12308

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 12308 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 before sundown
5️⃣ 🕯️ Light 5 candles at nightfall
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 8545 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12305
Chanukah 8546 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12306
Chanukah 8546 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 12307
Chanukah 8548 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12308
Chanukah 8549 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12309
Chanukah 8549 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12310
Chanukah 8551 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 12311
Chanukah 8552 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 12312

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

Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:30-35

  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 7:30-35 · 6 p’sukim
    *Chanukah Day 4 (on Shabbat)

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

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)

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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