Hanukkah 2024 started on Christmas Day in rare occurrence
This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005.Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months,
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Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day this year
While Christmas is always celebrated on December 25th. This year, the first day of Hanukkah also begins on Wednesday.
In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year
Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays provides an auspicious occasion for interfaith engagement.
Holiday celebrations taking place on Christmas Day and first night of Hanukah
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! This year marks a rare holiday overlap
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, marking a rare confluence of Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur on separate calendars. Many regions of the country are home to a variety of faith groups,
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In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of the ...
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