When do we celebrate Hanukkah?

Hanukkah always begins on the same date in the Hebrew calendar - the 25th of Kislev, which is the day the Maccabees re-dedicated the temple over 2,150 years ago. Hanukkah lasts for eight days.

The Hebrew calendar does not precisely match the secular calendar, so the first day of Hanukkah varies according to it. Hanukkah falls in December, sometimes beginning in late November.