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Hanukkah 2025
חנוכה
Hanukkah 2025: from the evening of December 14, 2025 until December 22, 2025.
- Begins on the evening of
- Ends
- Length
- 8 days
- In the Hebrew calendar
- 25 Kislev
- 5786
About the holiday
In the second century BCE a small Judean revolt took the Temple back from the Seleucid empire and rededicated it; the word hanukkah means dedication. A later story about one day’s oil burning for eight explains why the lamp gains a flame every evening until all eight are lit. In law it is a minor festival and in practice a major one: candles in the window, everything fried in oil, and a spinning top with four letters on it.
Other holidays in 2025
- Tu BiShvat
- Purim
- Passover (Pesach)
- Yom HaShoah
- Lag BaOmer
- Shavuot
- Tisha B’Av
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Sukkot
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
The exact candle-lighting time depends on sunset where you are. Check with your local community.