Every month of the Jewish year except one is marked by holidays, festivals, and observances. Jewish holidays take place in the unique context of the Jewish calendar, which, though mainly lunar, is in ...
Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...
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Christmas and Hanukkah on the same day – How often does it happen?It has to do with the Hebrew calendar. What we know as the year 2024 or the soon-to-be 2025 is because of the Gregorian calendar. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII modified the then-accepted Julian ...
This year, it no longer feels like history. There’s a long-running debate among observant Jews about whether it is appropriate, in Jewish law, to establish days of mourning and fasting to ...
It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets ...
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