Yes, it always will happen each year, since Hanukkah lasts 8 days.
Yes. They do this year (2009).
Yes; and the Hanukkah candles are lit earlier than usual for that reason.
Hanukkah is an eight day festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees in the 2nd Century BCE. Shabbat is the weekly sabbath, or rest day, marking the day on which G-d rested following the Creation.
In Judaism, it depends on the reason for the candle. Candles are used on Shabbat, Motza'ei Shabbat, Holy Days, Yahrzeits, and Hanukkah, all for different reasons.
Hanukkah has never been "made official" by any person.Answer:The above answer is mistaken. Our tradition explicitly states that Hanukkah was instituted by the Torah-sages (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), who were acting in concert with the Hasmoneans.
Hanukkah: 165 BCE. Purim: about 360 BCE.
If you are talking about a Hanukkah menorah (also called a Chanukiah), then you would light the Chanukiah first, and say the 2 hanukkah blessings (3 if it's the first night). Then you would light the Shabbat candles and say the blessing over the shabbat candles.
The first night of Hanukkah in 2016 will begin in the evening of December 24, 2016. Because December 24 will be a Shabbat, the first Hanukkah candle is lit after twilight. On weekday nights, the nightly candles may be lit earlier.See also:More about Hanukkah
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. Hanukkah celebrates the military victory of the Jews against the Seleucid Empire and the miracle of the oil in the Temple (Talmud, Shabbat 21b).
Candles used in Judaism usually don't have names, other than the names of the occasions they're used on, such as: Shabbat candles, used on Shabbat Havdalah candles, used on Havdalah Hanukkah candles, used on Hanukkah Yahrzeit candles, used for someone's Yahrzeit
The first night is on december 7, 2012. Incorrect the first night is the 8th of Dec at sunset, or just after Shabbat!
You light 2 on the first night. Then each night, you add another candle, ending with 9 on the eighth night.
You don't light more candles than usual. In the blessing over the candles, the Shabbat ismentioned first.In the event that a more frequent occasion coincides with one less frequent, the morefrequent is acknowledged and blessed first.