With the approach of Christmas, the holiday season brings another holiday – one that is happening simultaneously. This year, on the night of Christmas, Jewish families will be lighting the first ...

This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunar-solar calendar. Every month is a lunar month, with the first day being the new moon, said Rabbi Larry Milder for Building Jewish Bridges. Hanukkah always occurs on ...

Hanukkah changes dates every year because it is based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the month is a new moon ...

The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the ...