Lighting The Menorah Prayer In English

One candle is added to the menorah each night.

Lighting the menorah prayer in english.

The first night you light only the shammus usually the the highest candle and one chanukkah candle. Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing. Chanukah candle lighting prayers. Hanukkah is also called the festival of lights because it is celebrated with the lighting of candles in a very specific way.

The following two or three blessings are said before the menorah is lit. Three blessings are said on the first night and only the first and second blessings are said on the other seven nights. 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. Candles are added to the hanukkiyah menorah from right to left but are kindled from left to right the newest candle is lit first.

The shammus candle is lit first. Each night special hanukkah blessings and prayers are recited before the candles are lit. Click here for full lighting instructions and click here for a printable pdf of the blessings first blessing. By the eighth night you light all of the candles.

On the shabbat of hanukkah kindle the hanukkah lights first and then the shabbat candles. Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing. See animation at right. ב רו ך א ת ה א ד נ י א ל ה ינו מ ל ך ה עו ל ם א ש ר ק ד ש נו ב מ צ ו ת יו ו צ ו נו ל ה ד ל יק נ ר.

The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights. Download a printable version of the hanukkah blessings. By the eighth night you light all of the candles. Light the shamash the helper candle first using it to kindle the rest of the hanukkah lights.