First Day Of Hanukkah 2025 Holiday. This holiday commemorated the maccabean. Jewish communities celebrate the first day of hanukkah in the united states, marking the beginning of hanukkah, also known as chanukah or festival of lights.

Chanukah (hanukkah) 2024 starts at nightfall on december 25, 2024 and ends with nightfall on january 2, 2025, beginning on the hebrew calendar date of 25 kislev, and lasting for eight days. On the first day of hanukkah, a menorah is lit, and there are special blessings pronounced.