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Jewish people living outside of Israel often comment about the timing of Jewish holidays. “Chanukah is early or late this year (but never on time)” is a common phrase bandied around.
The Jewish calendar coordinates the astronomical characteristics of the cosmological environment, in which the months have either 29 or 30 days corresponding with the 29½-day lunar cycle, and the years consist of either 12 or 13 months, corresponding to the 12.4-month solar year.
Unlike the Jewish Calendar, the Gregorian calendar, used by most of the world, arbitrarily sets the length of months to 28, 30, or 31 days, so it corresponds to the 365.5 days of the Solar year.
In the chart below, you may see how the months in the two calendars correspond.
Jewish holidays celebration times hinge on the lunar-based Hebrew Calendar, and since Jewish holidays also celebrate the solar seasons, Jewish leap years occur every two or three years.
Chanukah, always begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of KISLEV, however, it may fall anytime from around Thanksgiving to New Years Day. The same is true of all Jewish High Holidays, which occur on set Hebrew dates that vacillate on the Gregorian calendar. For example, the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah) begin any time between early September to mid October.
This year (2020), the celebration of Chanukah (Hanukkah) lasts from December 11th through the 19th. The first Chanukah candle lighting happens on the evening of December 10th.
Chanukah Gelt
Some argue that Chanukah has become so centered around gifts because of the festival’s proximity to Christmas. However, even before the ho-ho hegemony, Chanukah was a time of giving. It’s the holiday of “Chanukah Gelt,” or in Hebrew, “Maot Chanukah,” – Chanukah money.
Children may prefer receiving Chanukah Gelt (money) for the latest gadgets or toys, but by gifting them with books, you will present them with the kind of gift that keeps on giving!
MazorBooks offers a growing selection of books for English-speaking kids. Visit the www.MazorBooks.com library for links to Jewish holiday books (listed below), a series of Hebrew for Kids picture and interactive books, and an array of books with good values
Read more about the Jewish holidays at http://www.Mazornet.com/holidays
MazorBooks Jewish Holiday Picture Book Series is now SIX BOOKS strong!
- Fun at Grandma Sadie: A Rosh Hashanah story – https://amzn.to/2ZX0vmp
- The Mitzvah Gang & the Extraordinary Sukkah – https://amzn.to/2ZZUunX
- The Clever Dreidel’s Chanukah Wishes – https://amzn.to/2CNkw0K
- The Purim Story: Picture Book for ages 3-8 – https://amzn.to/3ncxLNp
- Queen Esther’s Big Secret – https://amzn.to/397rGuL
- The Passover Story: Celebrating Freedom – https://amzn.to/2JJhUrg
- How to Chanukah – Digital Version Only – https://amzn.to/36k2Xol
- High Holidays Interactive Book – https://amzn.to/2ZXJVTk
- Purim in Pictures & Words – https://amzn.to/3bfTvmK
- Passover in Pictures & Words – https://amzn.to/2JGVfIY
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