December 2020 Holidays Hanukkah 2020 Dates

The eight day holiday celebrates the rededication of the second temple in jerusalem.

December 2020 holidays hanukkah 2020 dates. When is hanukkah 2020. Every year hanukkah begins on the 25th day of kislev a month in the hebrew calendar. Chanukah hanukkah starts on the hebrew calendar date of 25 kislev and lasts for eight days here are the coinciding secular dates for this year.

This year that falls on thursday 10 december. It lasts eight nights yes because of the oil and this year it s from dec. Hanukkah the jewish festival of lights will begin at sundown thursday and end dec.

Each year hanukkah begins on the 25th day of kislev which. Hanukkah is a jewish festival and is also known as the festival of lights. It will end on the evening of friday december 18 2020.

November 28 december 6. 11 05 am mst december 9 2020 updated. Chanukah 2020 ח נו כ ה 5781 chanukah hanukkah the jewish festival of rededication for hebrew year 5781 began on thursday 10 december 2020 and ends at nightfall on friday 18 december 2020.

While christmas is celebrated every december 25 year in and year out the date for hanukkah is a moving target. In the jewish calendar the first day of hanukkah is on the 25th day of the month of kislev. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches.

ח נ כ ה usually spelled חנוכה pronounced χanuˈka in modern hebrew also romanized as chanukah or chanuka also known as the festival of lights is an. Chanukah in other years. Nightfall on december 10 nightfall on december 18.