Chanukah 2016 / חֲנוּכָּה 5777
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎
Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5777 began on and ended 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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Dates for Chanukah
Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Chanukah 2013 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5774 | ||
Chanukah 2014 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5775 | ||
Chanukah 2015 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5776 | ||
Chanukah 2016 | 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5777 | ||
Chanukah 2017 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5778 | ||
Chanukah 2018 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5779 | ||
Chanukah 2019 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5780 | ||
Chanukah 2020 | 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5781 |
Tanakh
Chanukah Day 1
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:1-17
- 1: Numbers 7:1-11 · 11 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:12-14 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:15-17 · 3 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 2
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ב׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:18-29
- 1: Numbers 7:18-20 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:21-23 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:24-29 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 3
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ג׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:24-35
- 1: Numbers 7:24-26 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:27-29 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:30-35 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 4
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ד׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:30-41
- 1: Numbers 7:30-32 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:33-35 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:36-41 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 5
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ה׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:36-47
- 1: Numbers 7:36-38 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:39-41 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 6
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ו׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:42-47
- 1: Numbers 28:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 4: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 7
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳
Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:48-59
- 1: Genesis 41:1-14 · 14 p’sukim ·
- 2: Genesis 41:15-38 · 24 p’sukim ·
- 3: Genesis 41:39-52 · 14 p’sukim ·
- 4: Genesis 41:53-42:18 · 23 p’sukim ·
- 5: Genesis 42:19-43:15 · 35 p’sukim ·
- 6: Genesis 43:16-29 · 14 p’sukim ·
- 7: Genesis 43:30-44:17 · 22 p’sukim ·
- maf: Numbers 7:48-59 · 12 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
Chanukah Day 8
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:54-8:4
- 1: Numbers 7:54-56 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 2: Numbers 7:57-59 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Numbers 7:60-8:4 · 34 p’sukim ·
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- Sefaria Tanakh
- Sefaria.org
- Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
- Jewish Publication Society
- "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

A Different Light
by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre