Chanukah 2033 / חֲנוּכָּה 5794
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎
Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5794 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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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Date | 🕎 Chanukah Candles |
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1️⃣ 🕯️ Light 1 candle before sundown | |
2️⃣ 🕯️ Light 2 candles at nightfall | |
3️⃣ 🕯️ Light 3 candles at dusk | |
4️⃣ 🕯️ Light 4 candles at dusk | |
5️⃣ 🕯️ Light 5 candles at dusk | |
6️⃣ 🕯️ Light 6 candles at dusk | |
7️⃣ 🕯️ Light 7 candles at dusk | |
8️⃣ 🕯️ Light 8 candles before sundown | |
Chanukah: 8th day |
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Dates for Chanukah
Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Chanukah 2030 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5791 | ||
Chanukah 2031 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5792 | ||
Chanukah 2032 | 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5793 | ||
Chanukah 2033 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5794 | ||
Chanukah 2034 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5795 | ||
Chanukah 2035 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5796 | ||
Chanukah 2036 | 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5797 | ||
Chanukah 2037 | 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5798 |
Tanakh
Chanukah Day 1
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם א׳
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayeshev · Genesis 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:1-17
- 1: Genesis 37:1-11 · 11 p’sukim ·
- 2: Genesis 37:12-22 · 11 p’sukim ·
- 3: Genesis 37:23-36 · 14 p’sukim ·
- 4: Genesis 38:1-30 · 30 p’sukim ·
- 5: Genesis 39:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
- 6: Genesis 39:7-23 · 17 p’sukim ·
- 7: Genesis 40:1-23 · 23 p’sukim ·
- maf: Numbers 7:1-17 · 17 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 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 (on Rosh Chodesh)
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ)
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:48-53
- 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 7:48-53 · 6 p’sukim ·
Chanukah Day 8
/ חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳
Torah Portion: Parashat Miketz · Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:54-8:4
- 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 7:54-8:4 · 40 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: I Kings 7:40-50 · 11 p’sukim
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- 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