Each night of the 8 nights of Hanukkah, the candles are lit. 2 candles are lit on the first night, and then each night an additinal candle is lit until all 9 candles are lit on the 8th night.
The last day has a special name (Zos Hanukkah), but otherwise is no different than any other day of 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.
It self-explanatory. It means you're wishing someone a happy day on the holiday of Hanukkah,
There is no such thing as "Hanukkah day". Hanukkah lasts eight days and eight nights. Traditional foods include jelly donuts and potato pancakes.
They never happen at the same time. The latest Diwal can start is mid November. The absolute earliest date Hanukkah can start is the last few days of november, but 90% of the time, it starts in December. A calendar of Diwali dates shows that it won't even be close to Hanukkah (with two weeks of each other) for at least the next 50 years.
No. The Day of Atonement, which is Yom Kippur, is about two and a half months before the beginning of Hanukkah.
It self-explanatory. It means you're wishing someone a happy day on the holiday of Hanukkah,
Hanukkah can start on any day of the week except Tuesday.
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Hanukkah was (and still is) an 8 day holiday. So in 1967, it spanned all the days of the week plus an extra day.