Hanukkah 2016

December 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Tuesday December 6 -7 years, -10 months, -24 days or -2885 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hanukkahi Saturday December 24 -7 years, -10 months, -6 days or -2867 days 25 Christmas Day Sunday December 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Saturday December 31 -7 years, -9 months, -30 days or -2860 days

Hanukkah for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Saturday, December 24th ending at sundown on Sunday, January 1st.

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 2016

Saturday, December 24th is day number 359 of the 2016 calendar year with -7 years, -10 months, -6 days until the start of Hanukkah 2016.