It also starts the same night each year — but on a different calendar. Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar.That Hebrew calendar is based ...

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 ...

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 ...