The 2019 date of the festival was Monday, 2 September . Hanukkah is also called Gani . The festival involves celebrating such as latkes and sufganiyot,and giving Hanukkah gelt,Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs,and dairy foods. Playing the dreidel game,giving red envelopes,such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel prayer. Eating foods fried in oil . Lao observe Hanukkah festival . The frequency of this festival is Annual (per Hebrew Calendar) . Hanukkah is of spring festival type . On Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar),January 6: Some Anabaptists, such as the Amish and Armenian Apostolic Church,December 25: Western Christianity and some Eastern churches,Full moon of the month of Vesākha,May or June (last),27 Kislev,Amavasya of Kartik month,Chingam (August/September),20, Hanukkah is celebrated . The 2021 date of the festival was Saturday 20 March 2021,at 09:37 UTC * . The official name of the festival Hanukkah is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti . charity, "bathing" the Buddha are the observances in Hanukkah . as a rabbinically decreed holiday,Tết Nguyên tiêu (in Vietnam),Bhai Duj,Purim is related to Hanukkah . Hanukkah ends on At the last night of the month of Ramadan . The significance of Hanukkah festival are the Talmud, a late text, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting. . August 25, 2019 is when the festival begins . Hanukkah 2018 date was April 8 (Eastern) . The 2020 date of the festival was April 10 (Western)
Following festivals as a rabbinically decreed holiday,Tết Nguyên tiêu (in Vietnam),Bhai Duj,Purim are similar to each other