- Hanukkah festival is being celebrated from December 7 to December 15 in 2023.
- Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is Judaism’s beloved ‘festival of lights’. Hanukkah is celebrated for eight nights and days.
- It begins on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, which can be any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
- In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication”.
- This Festival marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BC when a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from the occupation of foreign forces.
- The festival is celebrated by lighting the candles of a nine-branched candelabrum, commonly called a menorah or Hanukkah.
Hanukkah festival is being celebrated from December 7 to December 15 in 2023
ByCurrent Hunt Team
Dec 13, 2023