Lighting The Menorah Prayer In English

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Lighting the menorah prayer in english.

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 first night you light only the shammus usually the the highest candle and one chanukkah candle. By the eighth night you light all of the candles. One candle is added to the menorah each night.

Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing. Each night special hanukkah blessings and prayers are recited before the candles are lit. Light the shamash the helper candle first using it to kindle the rest of the hanukkah lights. The first night you light only the shammus the one at a different height and one chanukkah candle.

The shammus candle is lit first. Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing. On the shabbat of hanukkah kindle the hanukkah lights first and then the shabbat candles. One candle is added to the menorah each night.

By the eighth night you light all of the candles. Three blessings are said on the first night and only the first and second blessings are said on the other seven nights. The following two or three blessings are said before the menorah is lit. The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights.

See animation at right. Hanukkah is also called the festival of lights because it is celebrated with the lighting of candles in a very specific way. The shammus candle is lit first. 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.