Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Hanukkah is approaching and the countdown is on… Families in Greater Cincinnati are preparing for the eight-day Jewish vacation, which the lighting of the menorah, conventional meals, festivities, and presents will quickly mark.This yr, Hanukkah begins on Sunday, December 18, at sunset and ends on Monday, December 26, at midnight. Given that Hanukkah is a distinguished pageant celebrated by numerous individuals worldwide, you’ll have assumed it to be the Jewish model of Christmas. Despite the truth that Hanukkah is widely known across the similar time as Christmas, it has nothing to do with the pageant.Also Read | A #PVRPictures Release, #GandhiGodseEkYudh is Slated for Release in *cinemas* on … – Latest Tweet by Taran Adarsh.Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of sooner or later’s value of oil lasting for eight days after Syrian Greeks defiled the Jerusalem Temple earlier than the Maccabees, a bunch of Jewish troopers, defeated them.Every yr, the vacation begins on the twenty fifth of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.Also Read | Kharmas 2022 Start and End Date: Know December Time, Significance, Dos and Don’ts & Religious Beliefs About The Inauspicious Month.Jewish festivals are celebrated on completely different yearly dates for the reason that Hebrew calendar relies on the lunar cycle, in accordance to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Usually, Hanukkah begins between the tip of November and the tip of December.Hanukkah is widely known for eight nights and is incessantly referred to because the Festival of Lights as a result of it entails lighting a menorah, a nine-stemmed candelabra. A ninth candle, often called the shammes or shammash, which is used to ignite the opposite eight candles, distinguishes the menorah from different candelabras.Menorah lighting “often happens at house, in a doorway or close to a window,” in accordance to Chabad.Other Hanukkah traditions embrace enjoying with dreidels and having fun with vacation delicacies like latkes, potato pancakes, and doughnuts. (ANI)(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff could not have modified or edited the content material physique)
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