Hanukkah this year will actually continue into 2025 this year and end at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 2. The simple answer is ...

The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle. The civil calendar in use around the world, also known as the Gregorian calendar, is solar based. Hanukkah always starts on the 25 th day of the ...

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 ...

It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar, which sets ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since the first night of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas. This is because the Jewish ...

With the blossoming of spring brings the holiest day in the Christian religion — the celebration of Easter. See when the ...

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 ...

Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25.

(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Hanukkah, an important holiday in the Jewish calendar, is celebrated for eight days every year. This year, the holiday falls between Dec. 25 and Jan. 2. The holiday ...

It comes from reaching out.” Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on ...