Hanukkah 2015

December 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Sunday December 6 -8 years, -11 months, -16 days or -3274 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Friday December 25 -8 years, -10 months, -28 days or -3255 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Thursday December 31 -8 years, -10 months, -22 days or -3249 days

Hanukkah for the year 2015 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, December 6th ending at sundown on Monday, December 14th.

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival with the first day known as Chanukah, Festival of Lights, and Feast of Dedication. In the Jewish calendar, the first day of Hanukkah is on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. In the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah may occur between late November to late December.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Hanukkah 2015

Sunday, December 6th is day number 340 of the 2015 calendar year with -8 years, -11 months, -16 days until the start of Hanukkah 2015.