Hanukkah 2019

December 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Friday December 6 -4 years, -11 months, -16 days or -1813 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Hanukkahi Sunday December 22 -4 years, -11 months or -1797 days 23 24 25 Christmas Day Wednesday December 25 -4 years, -10 months, -28 days or -1794 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Tuesday December 31 -4 years, -10 months, -22 days or -1788 days

Hanukkah for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 22 ending at sundown on Monday, December 30.

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 2019

Sunday, December 22nd is day number 356 of the 2019 calendar year with -4 years, -11 months, -0 days until the start of Hanukkah 2019.