Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...

Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth ...

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar ...

When does Hanukkah start this year? And what's the correct way to light a menorah? Here are answers to some of the key ...

This year, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with ...

As people wrapped up Christmas festivities, Hanukkah celebrations were just getting started. This year, Christians and Jewish families are celebrating at the same time. Having Christmas and the start ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight ...

A "Christmukkah" as rare as this one occurs due to the Hebrew calendar not aligning with the Gregorian calendar, causing the start of the Hanukkah holiday to move dates annually. The holidays have ...

Hanukkah, which commemorates a Jewish military victory in Jerusalem some 2,200 years ago, usually falls in December, and ...

Hanukkah commemorates the successful Jewish revolt against occupying powers in ancient Jerusalem, said Frances Flannery, a ...