When do you say happy hanukkah

This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info. Every year Jews around the world commemorate the Hanukkah holiday, which lasts eight nights and days. Happy Hanukkah, everyone. The start of Chanukah is not always at the end of December. It goes according to the Jewish calendar.

I believe it is the 25th day of the 9th month. That day could be right after Thanksgiving or it could b Xmas Eve. I had just finished teaching Christmas Around the World when a television news reported said Hanukkah lasted eight days because the war lasted eight days. I couldn't believe that they would make such a mistake on National TV. Channukah, starts like most Jewish holidays in the evening, as said in the Old Testament; First there was evening, and then there was light, thus was the first day.

Jewish people have always followed this that the new "day" starts in the evening. Thus is the same for this holiday; as the first candle is lit on the evening and it is then a "day" for the next 24 hours. The Greek gods were worshipped by the Syrians because their king was a descendant of one of Alexander's generals, so the Syrians were colonized by the Greeks.

In Jesus' day, under the Roman occupation, the miracle of the oil was the public celebration, as a remembrance of a sucessful insurrection wouldn't have gone over too well with the Romans. Skip to main content. Hanukkah Dates, Traditions, History, and More. By Catherine Boeckmann. October 5, Related Articles Calendar Holidays.

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