Chanukah 2015 to 2017
Chanukah 2015 starts on the evening of Sunday 6 December and ends 8 days later on Monday 15 December.
Chanukah 2016 starts on the evening of 24 December and ends 8 days later on 1 January 2017.
Chanukah 2017 starts on the evening of 12 December and ends 8 days later on 20 December.
Chanukah is a Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, the Feast of Consecration, or the Feast of the Maccabees. It is observed for eight days and nights and starts on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar (late November to late December).
One of the main observations of this festival is the lighting of the Menorah, one branch of the candelabrum on each day of the holiday.