Chanukah 2019 / חֲנוּכָּה 5780

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎

Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5780 began on Sunday, 22 December 2019 and ended on Monday, 30 December 2019.

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 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳
Monday, 23 December 2019 / 25 Kislev 5780

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

Some sources use these aliyot instead:

1. 1: Numbers 7:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
2. 2: Numbers 7:4-11 · 8 p’sukim
3. 3: Numbers 7:12-17 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 2 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ב׳
Tuesday, 24 December 2019 / 26 Kislev 5780

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

Some sources use these aliyot instead:

1. 1: Numbers 7:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
2. 2: Numbers 7:21-23 · 3 p’sukim
3. 3: Numbers 7:18-23 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 3 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ג׳
Wednesday, 25 December 2019 / 27 Kislev 5780

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

Some sources use these aliyot instead:

1. 1: Numbers 7:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
2. 2: Numbers 7:27-29 · 3 p’sukim
3. 3: Numbers 7:24-29 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 4 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ד׳
Thursday, 26 December 2019 / 28 Kislev 5780

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

Some sources use these aliyot instead:

1. 1: Numbers 7:30-32 · 3 p’sukim
2. 2: Numbers 7:33-35 · 3 p’sukim
3. 3: Numbers 7:30-35 · 6 p’sukim

Chanukah Day 5 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ה׳
Friday, 27 December 2019 / 29 Kislev 5780

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

Some sources use these aliyot instead:

1. 1: Numbers 7:36-38 · 3 p’sukim
2. 2: Numbers 7:39-41 · 3 p’sukim
3. 3: Numbers 7:36-41 · 6 p’sukim

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah / שַׁבָּת רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ חֲנוּכָּה
Saturday, 28 December 2019 / 30 Kislev 5780

Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 28:9-15, 7:42-47

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 43:16-44:17 · 36 p’sukim
7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
   *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
8. maf*: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim
   *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah

Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah

Chanukah Day 7 (on Rosh Chodesh) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ)
Sunday, 29 December 2019 / 1 Tevet 5780

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׳
Monday, 30 December 2019 / 2 Tevet 5780

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

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