Hanukkah 2020

December 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Sunday December 6 -4 years -16 days or -1477 days 7 8 9 10 Hanukkahi Thursday December 10 -4 years -12 days or -1473 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Friday December 25 -3 years, -11 months, -28 days or -1458 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Thursday December 31 -3 years, -11 months, -22 days or -1452 days

Hanukkah for the year 2020 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 10 ending at sundown on Friday, December 18.

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 2020

Thursday, December 10th is day number 345 of the 2020 calendar year with -4 years, -12 days until the start of Hanukkah 2020.