Hanukkah Meaning 2024 Neet. Chanukah (hanukkah) 2024 starts at nightfall on december 25, 2024 and ends with nightfall on january 2, 2025 , beginning on the hebrew calendar date of 25 kislev , and lasting for eight days. One candle is lit each night, until all candles are lit on the eighth night.
After nightfall (click here for local times), recite blessings 1, 2 and 3 and kindle one light in the menorah. The word hanukkah ืื ืืื means dedication and it commemorates the dedication of the temple after the wicked greek leader antiochus epiphanes had desecrated it.
