Chanukah 1922 / חֲנוּכָּה 5683

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5683 began on and ended on .

Menorah, doughnuts, chocolate coins and wooden dreidels

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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Dates for Chanukah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Chanukah 1919 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5680
Chanukah 1920 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5681
Chanukah 1921 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5682
Chanukah 1922 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5683
Chanukah 1923 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5684
Chanukah 1924 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5685
Chanukah 1925 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5686
Chanukah 1926 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5687

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

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayeshev · Genesis 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:18-23

  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 7:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
    *Chanukah Day 2 (on Shabbat)

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

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 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳

Torah Portion: Numbers 7:48-59

  1. 1: Numbers 7:48-50 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 7:51-53 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 7:54-59 · 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)
All About Hanukkah

All About Hanukkah
by Madeline Wikler and Judyth Groner

A Different Light: The Big Book of Hanukkah

A Different Light
by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre

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