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🕎6️⃣ Chanukah: 6 Candles

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah) Torah: Numbers 7:36-47 https://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

✡️ Chag HaBanot

North African Chanukah festival of daughters. Called Eid al-Banat in Arabic, the holiday was most preserved in Tunisia https://hebcal.com/h/chag-habanot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

🕎7️⃣ Chanukah: 7 Candles

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah) Torah: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:42-47 https://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

🌒 Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar. Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the 4th month of the civil Hebrew year and the 10th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 days and corresponds to December or January on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday […]

🕎8️⃣ Chanukah: 8 Candles

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah) Torah: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:48-53 https://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

🌒 Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar. Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the 4th month of the civil Hebrew year and the 10th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 days and corresponds to December or January on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday […]

🕎 Chanukah: 8th Day

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah) Haftarah: I Kings 7:40-50 https://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

✡️ Asara B’Tevet

Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem Torah: Exodus 32:11-14, 34:1-10 https://hebcal.com/h/asara-btevet-20261220?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

🌒 Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat

Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar. שְׁבָט (transliterated Sh'vat or Shevat) is the 5th month of the civil Hebrew year and the 11th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 30 days and corresponds to January or February on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is […]

🌳 Tu BiShvat

New Year for Trees. Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah https://hebcal.com/h/tu-bishvat-2027?uc=ical-diaspora-2027

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