In 2013, it began on November 27.
Since Hanukkah has yet to begin, the current number is 0. Hanukkah will begin at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.
Special prayers (Hallel and Al Hanisim) are added to the services, and a Torah-portion is read each day. The afternoon services begin with a Hanukkah candle lighting.
The next time Hanukkah will begin on the evening of December 5 will be in 2053. The last time this has happened was in 1996.
The last day has a special name (Zos Hanukkah), but otherwise is no different than any other day of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah always begins on the 25th of Kislev, not on any particular Gregorian dates. The 25th of Kislev can and does occur on any day from late November to late December. See also:Hanukkah
there are eight. the evening entering into the eighth day is the last celebrated night of hanukkah, while the evening at the end of the eighth day is not part of hanukkah.
Yes.
Each day of Hanukkah, an additional candle is lit on the menorah.
There is no such thing as "Hanukkah day". Hanukkah lasts eight days and eight nights. Traditional foods include jelly donuts and potato pancakes.
No. The Day of Atonement, which is Yom Kippur, is about two and a half months before the beginning of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah can start on any day of the week except Tuesday.
It will begin at sunset on the 8th of December 2012.