2006-12-16 11:32:21 · 4 answers · asked by 42 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your question has more than one answer. To answer simply, hannuka began this year friday, december 15th at sundown. To be more accurate, hannuka begins each year on the 25th day of the jewish month of Kislev. By jewish tradition, all days actually begin at sundown of the previous 24-hour day, so the 25th day of Kislev, and therefore hannuka, would begin at sundown. In this case sundown friday. The jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, so there are only 354 days in you standard year, not the 365 days of the solar calendar, so the precise start date of hannuka (or any jewish holiday for that matter) will shift relative to the solar calendar from year to year (the calendar is adjusted frequently by the addition of a "leap month" so as not to have a holiday like passover, the spring holiday, fall out in the dead of winter which is why hannuka falls out around the same season every year).
2006-12-16 11:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by Michael J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started Friday night, December 15 2006.
2006-12-16 19:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by JudaismExpert 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yesterday. Friday Dec 15
2006-12-16 19:39:13 · answer #3 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday. I just had my first Chanuka it was cool!
2006-12-16 19:43:50 · answer #4 · answered by Vicki B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋