Chanukah / חנוכה
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.
Chanukah begins at sundown on Sat, 24 December 2016.
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List of Dates
Chanukah begins on:- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5776)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5777)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5778)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5779)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5780)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5781)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5782)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5783)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5784)
- at sundown (25th of Kislev, 5785)
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Chanukah - חנוכה
Chanukah (Day 1)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:1 - 7:17
1: Numbers 7:1-11
2: Numbers 7:12-14
3: Numbers 7:15-17
Chanukah (Day 2)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:18 - 7:29
1: Numbers 7:18-20
2: Numbers 7:21-23
3: Numbers 7:24-29
Chanukah (Day 3)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:24 - 7:35
1: Numbers 7:24-26
2: Numbers 7:27-29
3: Numbers 7:30-35
Chanukah (Day 4)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:30 - 7:41
1: Numbers 7:30-32
2: Numbers 7:33-35
3: Numbers 7:36-41
Chanukah (Day 5)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:36 - 7:47
1: Numbers 7:36-38
2: Numbers 7:39-41
3: Numbers 7:42-47
Chanukah (Day 6)
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1 - 28:15 & Numbers 7:42 - 7:47
1: Numbers 28:1-5
2: Numbers 28:6-10
3: Numbers 28:11-15
maf: Numbers 7:42-47
Chanukah (Day 7)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:48 - 7:59
1: Numbers 7:48-50
2: Numbers 7:51-53
3: Numbers 7:54-59
Chanukah (Day 8)
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:54 - 8:4
1: Numbers 7:54-56
2: Numbers 7:57-59
3: Numbers 7:60-8:4
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- "Hanukkah" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.