Hanukkah 2023

December 2023 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Wednesday December 6 -11 months, -16 days or -352 days 7 Hanukkahi Thursday December 7 -11 months, -15 days or -351 days 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Monday December 25 -10 months, -28 days or -333 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Sunday December 31 -10 months, -22 days or -327 days

Hanukkah for the year 2023 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 7 ending at sundown on Friday, December 15.

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 2023

Thursday, December 7th is day number 341 of the 2023 calendar year with -11 months, -15 days until the start of Hanukkah 2023.