A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days. To keep the lunar and solar years aligned, the Jewish calendar adds a 13th month every few years, creating a “leap year.” ...

The Jewish calendar has many inspirational holidays. But what is unclear is how, or even whether, the various holidays of the year integrate together.

It’s the start of the Jewish month of Tishrei, or Tishri, which falls in September or October, according to the Gregorian calendar. It’s the first month of the civil year for Jews or the ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

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, known as the Festival of Lights, is based on the Jewish lunar calendar, which has months that follow the moon's cycles. A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Jewish holiday calendar in 2025 Fast of Tevet 10: Friday, Jan. 10 15 Shevat (Tu B'Shevat): Thursday, Feb. 13 Purim: Thursday, Mar. 13 - Friday, Mar. 14 ...

It's been nearly two decades since Hanukkah was celebrated this late in the calendar year. In 2005, the eight-night holiday also ran from Dec. 25, 2005, through Jan. 2, 2006.

A Jewish couple created a disco-ball menorah to mark this year’s Hanukkah-New Year’s overlap The Happy Jew Year adds to the tradition of calendar-quirk menorahs started by the Menurkey.