First Day Of Hanukkah 2025. Hanukkah dates for 2025 to 2030; Hanukkah 2024 begins at sundown on wednesday, december 25 and ends the evening of thursday, january 2, 2025 (8 nights).
Not at all jewish christmas, hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the second temple in the second century b.c. The first day is usually a public holiday, so in 2024, december 26 is the public holiday for hanukkah.
