Hanukkah Dates 2024. Hanukkah 2024 starts on sundown of december 25 ending at sundown on thursday, january 2, celebrating for jews and eight day festival commemorating the rededication of the holy temple in jerusalem. That’s right, the first night of hanukkah 2024 — the first candles on the menorah, the first night of latkes and dreidels — comes as christian families are sitting down to christmas dinner.

When and for how long is hanukkah? Hanukkah 2024 starts on sundown of december 25 ending at sundown on thursday, january 2, celebrating for jews and eight day festival commemorating the rededication of the holy temple in jerusalem.