Hanukkah 2014

December 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Sunday December 6 -5 years, -3 months, -25 days or -1941 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hanukkahi Wednesday December 16 -5 years, -3 months, -15 days or -1931 days 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Friday December 25 -5 years, -3 months, -6 days or -1922 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Thursday December 31 -5 years, -3 months or -1916 days

Hanukkah for the year 2014 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Tuesday, December 16th ending at sundown on Wednesday, December 24th.

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 2014

Tuesday, December 16th is day number 350 of the 2014 calendar year with -11 years, -3 months, -15 days until the start of Hanukkah 2014.