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. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of ...

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 ...

In 2024, Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, but the reason behind this rare occurrence lies in the differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars. Christmas is celebrated ...

He said the party-goers were a roughly even mix of Latinos - some of them Jews with Latin American origins ... The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is ...

The date fluctuates with the Gregorian calendar, which uses a solar dating system. The date is always the same on the Hebrew or Jewish calendar because it is timed with the moon. Judas Maccabeus ...

The Hebrew calendar is is based on the lunar cycle ... “It’s important to recognize that it is an American Jewish phenomenon, this gift-giving that’s part of Hanukkah,” Rabbi Menachem ...

A holiday that celebrates militarism and rejects assimilation — and vice versa — raises questions that occupy us this year, writes the head of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

He said the party-goers were a roughly even mix of Latinos — some of them Jews with Latin American origins — and "Anglo ...