Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration with no connection to Buddhism.
Hanukkah can start on any day of the week except Tuesday.
No. There is no connection at all in history.
Hanukkah was (and still is) an 8 day holiday. So in 1967, it spanned all the days of the week plus an extra day.
No. Hanukkah comes out according to the Hebrew calendar, not the Western (Gregorian) one. Hanukkah was founded over 150 years before the onset of Christianity.
There is no traditional connection, but there could be a modern connection. There is a traditional connection to the number 8 though.
No, Lutherism is part of Christianity. Hannukah is a Jewish celebration
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.
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It doesn't have a fixed day of the week. Rather, it has a fixed day of the month: it starts on the 25th of Kislev.
No direct connection, though there are stories of Jews who risked their life to light a Hanukkah-menorah despite the Nazis' hatred and punishments of anything Jewish.
No. There is no "Jewish Christmas". The Jewish Savior is not yet born. Hanukkah is a holiday that occurs around the same time as Christmas but shares no similarities in terms of meaning or purpose.