I’m not sure I see where those fourteen days are specifically accounted for...
Chanukah is always the 25th of Kislev. Last year the 25th of Kislev was the 22nd of Dec. In 2007 it was the 5th of December. I think I understand.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Well, the difference of 14 days that I’m talking about is that there is a difference of 14 days between Sukkot and the Feast of Trumpets (give or take a day... :-) ...)
Now, although I think it’s very clear that from what the Bible explains that Jesus was not born on December 25th (whatever day that was bak then, which I don’t even know...) — the exact day is not really clear.
The appeal with this sort of thing is that one would like to make some things “of significance” by fitting into certain holy days given in the Bible, but I don’t see where this has to be the case. It would be nice and it would “tidy things up” — but it’s not something that is mandated.
At this point it’s speculative, although a lot of people would prefer to believe that certain events in Jesus’ history falls on certain holy days.
Even when referring to Elizabeth, it’s noted in the Bible that Mary visited in her “sixth month” — and that’s a bit of a spread of time, not pinning it down to when Mary was pregnant (i.e, had conceived).
We know that she had not conceived at the time of the angel talking to Mary, but we do know that she had conceived by the time she makes the trip to see Elizabeth. However, it looks (to me) to be a possible “spread in time” of maybe 1/2 a month or more variance (being that it’s described as “in the sixth month”)...
I recommend the book Eternity in their Hearts by Don Richardson to anyone wanting to see that monotheism is the baseline religion for all people groups. Extremely interesting stories and a very easy read. Christmas blessings to all.