The timing of the holiday of Hanukkah is connected to the Jewish calendar which is based on the lunar cycle. Hanukkah begins on the Hebrew date 25 Kislev. This date is the darkest day of the year in Israel with a waning moon and few daytime hours and 25 kislev usually falls out around the date of Dec. 21.
Christmas is celebrated in the Winter because it was once (and still is for many people) the pagan festival of the Winter Solstice.
Hanukkah is NOT always celebrated in the winter. In fact, it's usually celebrated in late Autumn, but the season has nothing to do with Hanukkah. It simply celebrates the victory of the Jews against the Assyrian-Greeks in the Maccabean War.
It is believed that the real reason Hanukkah is 8 days, is because it was a belated Sukkot celebration, since Sukkot couldn't be celebrated during the Maccabean War.
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The above is a non-traditional answer. Hanukkah is eight days because the oil of the Temple's menorah miraculously burned that long (Talmud, Shabbat 21b).
No special reason. Hanukkah starts on the day (25 Kislev) on which the Temple was rededicated (2nd century BCE), which happened in the winter. Note that Hanukkah was instituted before CHristmas.
Other than the fact that both occur within a month of each other, there is no connection. Hanukkah is a Jewish occasion which commemorates events that occurred about 160 years before Christianity began.
Both Christmas and Hanukkah fall in December (although the latter may fall in November).
There is no traditional connection, but there could be a modern connection. There is a traditional connection to the number 8 though.
There isn't any connection. Hanukkah commemorates a War in Israel, in 165 BCE. It was a war between the Jews and the Syrian-Greeks. Christians weren't around yet.
Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration with no connection to Buddhism.
All of those are Jewish festivals.
The religion that celebrates yon kippur and Hanukkah is known as Judaism, which is the oldest religion...they also celebrate pesach, sukkot, purim and many other Jewish festivals.
No. There is no connection at all in history.
Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Purim, Shushan Purim, Passover, Lag B'omer, Shavuot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah
In English you say "Happy Hanukkah" In Hebrew you say "Hag Same'akh"
There are around 25 weeks (177 days) between the first day of Passover and the first day of Sukkot.
Hanukkah has no direct connection to either Joseph or Moses. Hanukkah commemorates the Maccabean War of 165 BCE.Answer:The answer is that all of these are from the Jewish religion.
The legend of the miracle states that the oil burned for 8 days. But the real reason that Hanukkah is 8 days is that it was actually a belated celebration of Sukkot, the harvest festival.Answer:The answer concerning Sukkot is based upon a non-traditional source. Sukkot is celebrated at the correct time or not at all.To answer the original question, many answers have been put forward by the commentaries, including:1) the extra day is to celebrate the military victory2) only one-eighth of the oil burned each day3) the first day is a celebration of the rededication itself.
There is no similarity whatsoever between Hanukkah and Eucharist. Eucharist is a Christian rite/sacrament, and Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabean War.