Hanukkah 2026
Hanukkah 2026 begins on the evening of Friday 4 December 2026, and every city has its own candle lighting times.
The first candle is lit at 3:54 PM in Jerusalem, at 4:15 PM in Tel Aviv and at 4:03 PM in Haifa. Pick a night to see the times in Israel's biggest cities.
This is when the Hanukkah candles are lit in Israel's biggest cities.
The next 24 biggest places have their own candle lighting times.
Jewish communities around the world have their candle lighting times here too.
Every one of 92 places in Israel and 241 cities abroad has its own candle lighting times.
All 92 places in Israel, from A to Z
- Acre
- Afula
- Arad
- Ariel
- Ashdod
- Ashkelon
- Atlit
- Azor
- Bat Yam
- Be'er Sheva
- Be'er Ya'akov
- Beit She'an
- Beit Shemesh
- Beitar Illit
- Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
- Bnei Brak
- Dimona
- Efrat
- Eilat
- El'ad
- Even Yehuda
- Gan-Yavne
- Ganei Tikva
- Gedera
- Giv'at Shmuel
- Giv'at Ze'ev
- Givatayim
- Hadera
- Haifa
- Harish
- Hatzor HaGlilit
- Herzliya
- Hod HaSharon
- Holon
- Jerusalem
- Karmiel
- Karnei Shomron
- Kfar Saba
- Kfar Yona
- Kiryat Ata
- Kiryat Bialik
- Kiryat Ekron
- Kiryat Gat
- Kiryat Malachi
- Kiryat Motzkin
- Kiryat Ono
- Kiryat Shmona
- Kiryat Tiv'on
- Kiryat Yam
- Lod
- Ma'ale Adumim
- Ma'alot-Tarshiha
- Mazkeret Batya
- Meitar
- Mevaseret Zion
- Migdal HaEmek
- Modi'in
- Modi'in Illit
- Nahariya
- Nesher
- Ness Ziona
- Netanya
- Netivot
- Nof HaGalil
- Ofakim
- Or Akiva
- Or Yehuda
- Oranit
- Pardes Hanna-Karkur
- Petah Tikva
- Ra'anana
- Ramat Gan
- Ramat HaSharon
- Ramla
- Rehovot
- Rekhasim
- Rishon LeZion
- Rosh HaAyin
- Sderot
- Shoham
- Tel Aviv
- Tel Mond
- Tiberias
- Tirat Carmel
- Tzfat (Safed)
- Tzoran-Kadima
- Tzur Hadassah
- Yavne
- Yehud
- Yeruham
- Yokneam Illit
- Zichron Yaakov
All 241 cities around the world, from A to Z
- Akron
- Amherst
- Amsterdam
- Anchorage
- Ann Arbor
- Antwerp
- Arlington
- Aruba
- Atlanta
- Auckland
- Austin
- Aventura
- Bahamas
- Bakersfield
- Bala Cynwyd
- Baltimore
- Bangor
- Barcelona
- Beachwood
- Bend
- Berkeley
- Berlin
- Bethesda
- Beverly Hills
- Birmingham
- Boca Raton
- Borehamwood
- Boston
- Boynton Beach
- Bradenton
- Brisbane
- Brookline
- Brooklyn
- Brussels
- Budapest
- Buenos Aires
- Buffalo
- Buffalo Grove
- Calgary
- Cancun
- Cape Town
- Cedarhurst (Five Towns)
- Champaign
- Chandler
- Cherry Hill
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Coral Springs
- Costa Rica
- Dallas
- Deal
- Deerfield
- Deerfield Beach
- Delray Beach
- Denver
- Detroit
- Dubai
- Edgware
- Edison
- Edmonton
- Elizabeth
- Englewood
- Erie
- Evergreen
- Fair Lawn
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Mill
- Fort Myers
- Fort Worth
- Frankfurt
- Frederick
- Gainesville
- Gateshead
- Geneva
- Glasgow
- Glendale
- Glenview
- Grand Rapids
- Great Neck
- Greeley
- Greenville
- Hallandale Beach
- Highland Park
- Hollywood
- Hong Kong
- Honolulu
- Houston
- Huntington
- Irvine
- Jacksonville
- Jericho
- Johannesburg
- Kansas City
- Kingston
- Lakewood
- Las Vegas
- Lawrence Township
- Leeds
- Livingston
- London
- Long Branch
- Los Angeles
- Louisville
- Lyon
- Madison
- Madrid
- Manalapan Township
- Manchester
- Marietta
- Marseille
- Melbourne
- Memphis
- Metairie
- Mexico City
- Miami
- Miami Beach
- Milan
- Millburn
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- Minnetonka
- Monsey
- Montreal
- Morristown
- Munich
- Munster
- Myrtle Beach
- New City
- New Haven
- New Hyde Park
- New Orleans
- New Rochelle
- New York
- Newburgh
- Newport News
- Nice
- North Hempstead
- North Miami Beach
- Norwich
- Oak Park
- Ocean Township
- Orlando
- Ottawa
- Overland Park
- Oyster Bay
- Palm Beach
- Palo Alto
- Panama City
- Paris
- Passaic
- Pensacola
- Perth
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pikesville
- Pittsburgh
- Plainview
- Portland
- Poughkeepsie
- Pueblo
- Puerto Rico
- Punta Cana
- Queens
- Richmond
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rochester
- Rockville
- Rome
- Roswell
- Royal Oak
- Sacramento
- San Antonio
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Sandy Springs
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Fe
- São Paulo
- Sarasota
- Scottsdale
- Scranton
- Seattle
- Silver Spring
- Singapore
- Skokie
- Somerville
- South Bend
- South Orange
- Southfield
- Springfield, IL
- Springfield, MO
- Springfield, NJ
- St. Louis
- St. Paul
- St. Petersburg
- St. Thomas
- Stamford
- Staten Island
- Stony Brook
- Strasbourg
- Sunny Isles Beach
- Sunnyvale
- Sydney
- Sylvania
- Tampa
- Teaneck
- Tenafly
- Thornhill
- Thousand Oaks
- Toms River
- Toronto
- Tucson
- Tulsa
- Turks and Caicos
- Vancouver
- Venice
- Vienna
- Virginia Beach
- Waldorf
- Waltham
- Washington, DC
- West Hartford
- West Hempstead
- West Orange
- West Palm Beach
- Westport
- White Plains
- Wichita
- Williamsport
- Winchester
- Winnipeg
- Woodbury
- Woodland Hills
- Woodmere
- Wyomissing
- Yonkers
- Zurich
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People ask these questions about the Hanukkah candles.
When does Hanukkah 2026 begin?
Hanukkah 2026 begins at sundown on Friday 4 December 2026, when the first candle is lit. The eighth candle is lit on Friday 11 December 2026, and the holiday ends at nightfall on Saturday 12 December 2026.
What time are the Hanukkah candles lit?
Customarily the candles are lit at dusk on a weekday night, before Shabbat begins on Friday, and once Shabbat ends on Saturday night. On the first night, Friday 4 December 2026, they are lit at 3:54 PM in Jerusalem, at 4:15 PM in Tel Aviv and at 4:03 PM in Haifa. Every place on this page has its own times.
Are the Hanukkah candles lit at the same time everywhere in Israel?
No. On a weeknight the candles are lit at dusk, and the exact minute differs from place to place. On Sunday 6 December 2026 that is between 4:50 PM in Tzfat (Safed) and 4:59 PM in Eilat.
How many candles are lit on each night of Hanukkah?
The first night has one candle and each night adds one, so the eighth night has eight. The shamash, the helper candle used to light the others, is lit as well and is not counted.