Hanukkah always starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. The Hebrew calendar does not line up with the western calendar because it has a completely different leap year system that can shift holidays each year by to 11-28 days.
Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years. The candle lightings begin on the evening BEFORE the first date:
2011: December 20-28
2012: December 8-16
2013: November 27-December 5
2014: December 16-24
2015: December 6-14
Although Hanukkah has ended (it ended on December 29), the next days of Hanukkah are December 11-December 19 2009.
Channukah started December 1st at sundown.
For 2011, Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You should light your first candle this night.
The first night of Hanukkah began at sundown on Dec. 1, 2010.
the first night of Hanukkah starts at sundown on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Because Jewish days start at sunset. So last night was the beginning of the first day.
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
Nothing. Hanukkah is associated with the number 8.Answer:Three is the number of blessings said on the first night of Hanukkah.
The shehekheyanu.
Sundown on the night entering the first day is when Hanukkah begins, and the first candle is lit (plus the helper-candle).
This year (2011) the first candle was lit on Dec. 20. The eighth and last night of Hanukkah candlelighting will be on Dec. 27.
You light 2 on the first night. Then each night, you add another candle, ending with 9 on the eighth night.
Hanukkah in 2008 starts December 21st at night when the first candle is lit. The first day is December 22 and it runs through December 29th.
Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You should light your first candle this night.
The first night is on december 7, 2012. Incorrect the first night is the 8th of Dec at sunset, or just after Shabbat!