Hanukkah 2024 Calendar With Candles. The menorah has one central candle called the shammus and eight. Hanukkah 2024 starts on sundown of december 25 ending at sundown on thursday, january 2, celebrating for jews and eight day festival commemorating.

Hanukkah, which means ‘dedication’ in hebrew, begins on the 25th of kislev on the hebrew calendar and usually falls in november or december. This symbolises each day the oil lasted in the second temple.