Lighting The Menorah Candles

This is the first blessing that you will say on each night of chanukah.

Lighting the menorah candles.

The other candles are then lit on each night from left to right as you face the menorah. The chanukah lights can either be candle flames or oil fueled. The shammash or helper candle which has its own designated spot usually in the center and another candle. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left as you face the menorah.

Since the miracle of chanukah happened with olive oil the little cruse of oil that lasted for eight days an oil menorah is preferable to a candle one and. However many families wait until everyone is home together and light it then on fridays the menorah is lit before dark to avoid lighting on shabbat. Whenever candles are lit in a jewish ceremony a blessing is always said over the candle lighting. The basic elements of a kosher menorah are eight holders for oil or candles and an additional holder set apart from the rest for the shamash attendant candle.

As with all other jewish rituals the lighting of hanukkah candles goes according to a specific order and has blessings that accompany it. Find its spot the menorah is meant to spread. When you light the candles the shamash is the first candle to be lit. On the first of hanukkah s eight nights only two candles are placed in the hanukkah menorah also known as a hanukkiah.

Know your timing you re supposed to light the menorah just after dark each night of hanukkah. The other candles should not be lit directly with the match. The menorah has eight branches with candle holders in a long line to represent the hanukkah miracle when the oil that was supposed to last only one day burned for eight days the ninth candle holder which is set apart from the rest of the candles holds the. Say the first blessing over the candles.