Lighting The Menorah Right To Left

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Lighting the menorah right to left.

On the first night of hanukkah load a single candle into the candle holder that is furthest to the right when facing the menorah. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left as you face the menorah. Fill the unlit oil or place the unlit candles in the chanukiyah as you face it from right to left. The other candles should not be lit directly with the match.

The talmud shabbat 24a only stresses that when lighting you should start from the left and move right. Light the shamash and while holding this candle say the blessings see below. When you light the candles the shamash is the first candle to be lit. So on the first day of hanukkah you place one candle at the far right of the line of eight.

On the first night you place a candle on the far right of the menorah. The other candles are then lit on each night from left to right as you face the menorah. The shammash candle is always the first one lit and is used to light the others starting with the left most one. On the following night add a second light to the left of the first one and then add one light each night of chanukah moving from right to left.

Gather everyone in the house around the menorah. Then hold it in your right hand unless you are left handed. How to light the menorah. Candles should be lit from left to right each night.

You are however correct that once the shamash is lit you should then light the other candles on the menorah from right to left. It is used to light the other candles. On the first night of hanukkah place a candle in the holder on the far right and light it with the shamash. Think of it as lighting the candle representing the newest night first.

The correct way to set the candles in a hanukkiah is from right to left. On the first night set one candle to the far right of the menorah. On the second night load the first candle and then the second immediately to the left of it. Light right to left but left to right there are eight candles to light.

Light the shamash candle. On the third night load the first then the second then the third. The shamash candle goes in the center of the menorah in the raised candle holder. Once they are lit the order of the candles and their specific spot in the menorah is not important.

While the many halachic authorities debate the order of lighting the menorah no one says that it has to face a specific way when seen.