The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

also known as the Gregorian calendar, is solar based. Hanukkah always starts on the 25 th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. This is typically between late November and late December on the ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on ...

This week, two holidays are being celebrated across the country, as the first night of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. The Jewish celebration of the Festival of Lights begins at ...

Hanukkah celebrations begin on the 25th day of the 9th month of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. But The Gregorian calendar, which is based on Earth's yearly progression around the Sun, and the ...

To ensure that the Jewish holidays align with their traditional seasons on the Gregorian calendar, the primary dating system used by the Western world, an additional "leap month" is added to the ...

The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the ...