Hanukkah 2024 Traditions. Who lights the menorah, when and how? Chanukah (hanukkah) 2024 starts at nightfall on december 25, 2024 and ends with nightfall on january 2, 2025, beginning on the hebrew calendar date.

Today, there are a wealth of festive traditions that surround the lighting of the menorah that commemorate the miracle. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the second jewish temple in jerusalem, israel, which took place in the 160s bc.