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 ...

There’s a long-running debate among observant Jews about whether it is appropriate, in Jewish law ... national tragedy on its anniversary, the calendar ... David Weiss slammed the outgoing ...

The Jewish calendar is lunar, adding a month every ... after my classmates said they wanted me to pray with them. When I explained the symbolism of Hanukkah lights to my Christian friends, they ...

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 ...

Hanukkah, which follows the Jewish calendar, always begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. Hanukkah can begin as early as November each year and will likely ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Rabbi Peter Schaktman at Temple Emanu-El in Utica explained that for the Jewish people, “... Hanukkah starts the same time every year.” While the Gregorian calendar is the calendar model used ...