Hanukkah 2017

December 2017 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Wednesday December 6 -6 years, -11 months, -16 days or -2543 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hanukkahi Tuesday December 12 -6 years, -11 months, -10 days or -2537 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Monday December 25 -6 years, -10 months, -28 days or -2524 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Sunday December 31 -6 years, -10 months, -22 days or -2518 days

Hanukkah for the year 2017 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 12 ending at sundown on Wednesday, December 20.

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 2017

Tuesday, December 12th is day number 346 of the 2017 calendar year with -6 years, -11 months, -10 days until the start of Hanukkah 2017.