Chanukah 9173 / חֲנוּכָּה 12933

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 12933 begins at sundown on Friday, 12 January 9173 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 20 January 9173.

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 (on Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Saturday, 13 January 9173 / 25 Kislev 12933

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayeshev · Genesis 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:1-17

1. 1: Genesis 37:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
2. 2: Genesis 37:12-22 · 11 p’sukim
3. 3: Genesis 37:23-36 · 14 p’sukim
4. 4: Genesis 38:1-30 · 30 p’sukim
5. 5: Genesis 39:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
6. 6: Genesis 39:7-23 · 17 p’sukim
7. 7: Genesis 40:1-23 · 23 p’sukim
8. maf*: Numbers 7:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
   *Chanukah Day 1 (on Shabbat)

Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
*Chanukah Day 1 (on Shabbat)

Chanukah Day 2 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ב׳
Sunday, 14 January 9173 / 26 Kislev 12933

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׳
Monday, 15 January 9173 / 27 Kislev 12933

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׳
Tuesday, 16 January 9173 / 28 Kislev 12933

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׳
Wednesday, 17 January 9173 / 29 Kislev 12933

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׳
Thursday, 18 January 9173 / 30 Kislev 12933

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)
Friday, 19 January 9173 / 1 Tevet 12933

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 (on Shabbat) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Saturday, 20 January 9173 / 2 Tevet 12933

1. maf: Numbers 7:54-8:4 · 40 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 7:40-50 · 11 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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