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    On what date does Hanukkah fall?

    25th of Kislev

    Source: Shulchan Aruch OC 670

    In detail

    Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, usually falling in December. The date commemorates when the Maccabees rededicated the Temple after defeating the Greek-Syrian empire that had desecrated it.

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