Hanukkah 2024 Usa Map. Began with a confrontation in modi’in in roughly 168 bce and ended several years later, when the maccabees — the band of jewish fighters who battled the syrian empire — regained control of the in jerusalem and rededicated it. Tonight is the first night of chanukahafter nightfall (click here for local times), recite blessings 1, 2 and 3 and kindle one.

Hanukkah 2024 runs from the sunset on wednesday, december 25 to the sunset on thursday, january 2. While some keep it very traditional, others have adopted new rituals or merged their new culture with the ancient times.