In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins next month. Here's what to know and how to greet those who celebrate. Hanukkah – sometimes spelled Chanukah, Chanukkah, or even Hanukka – is an eight-day Jewish ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This year, the evening of Wednesday, January 24, corresponds to the fifteenth day of the Jewish month of Shevat, which signifies a lesser known but fascinating Jewish holiday known ...

The holiest time of year on the Jewish calendar begins Wednesday at sundown. Its kicked off with the two-day holiday Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year. The days between Rosh Hashanah and ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays ...