The first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. This rare occurrence is due to the differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars. While Christmas always falls on December 25th, Hanukkah's start date varies each year as it is based on the lunisolar Jewish calendar. On the Jewish calendar, holidays begin at sundown and continue through the next day. The Festival of Lights celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the miraculous lasting of a single day's worth of oil which lit the menorah for eight days.
This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the 25th of December on the Gregorian calendar, and Hanukkah starting on the 25th day of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar.
'The goal is not proselytizing; it's learning deeply from each other,' Stanton told CBS News in a statement. 'It's others seeing you as you see yourself.'Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, said he views the convergence of holidays as an opportunity to value the diverse religious landscape in the U.S.
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