Hanukkah 2008

December 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Saturday December 6 -16 years, -10 months, -28 days or -6176 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Hanukkahi Sunday December 21 -16 years, -10 months, -13 days or -6161 days 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Thursday December 25 -16 years, -10 months, -9 days or -6157 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Wednesday December 31 -16 years, -10 months, -3 days or -6151 days

Hanukkah for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, December 21st ending at sundown on Monday, December 29th.

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival with the first day known as Chanukah, Festival of Lights, and Feast of Dedication. In the Jewish calendar, the first day of Hanukkah is on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. In the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah may occur between late November to late December.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Hanukkah 2008

Sunday, December 21st is day number 356 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -10 months, -13 days until the start of Hanukkah 2008.