Hanukkah (Chanukab)

In 2025, Hanukkah, also spelled as Chanukah, will start at sundown on December 14th and conclude at sundown on December 22nd. This eight-day festival begins on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev and lasts for eight days.

A Brief History: Why Is Hanukkah Celebrated?
At Hanukkah, Jews commemorate the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek/Syrian forces of King Antiochus in the year 165 B.C.E. That regime sought to impose paganism on the Jewish people. They put a pagan idol, Zeus, in the Temple, and forced Jews to eat non-kosher food. This was the first time that enemies of the Jewish people were trying to destroy them spiritually, rather than physically.