Hanukkah 2018

December 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Hanukkahi Sunday December 2 -5 years, -11 months, -19 days or -2181 days 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Thursday December 6 -5 years, -11 months, -15 days or -2177 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Tuesday December 25 -5 years, -10 months, -27 days or -2158 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Monday December 31 -5 years, -10 months, -21 days or -2152 days

Hanukkah for the year 2018 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 2 ending at sundown on Monday, December 10.

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 2018

Sunday, December 2nd is day number 336 of the 2018 calendar year with -5 years, -11 months, -19 days until the start of Hanukkah 2018.