Lighting The Menorah Candles

Know your timing you re supposed to light the menorah just after dark each night of hanukkah.

Lighting the menorah candles.

Whenever candles are lit in a jewish ceremony a blessing is always said over the candle lighting. On the first of hanukkah s eight nights only two candles are placed in the hanukkah menorah also known as a hanukkiah. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left as you face the menorah. 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.

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. The other candles are then lit on each night from left to right as you face the menorah. This is the first blessing that you will say on each night of chanukah.

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. It is used to light the other candles. The chanukah lights can either be candle flames or oil fueled. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha olam asher kidshanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu l hadlik ner shel hanukkah.

When you light the candles the shamash is the first candle to be lit. The other candles should not be lit directly with the match. As with all other jewish rituals the lighting of hanukkah candles goes according to a specific order and has blessings that accompany it. The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights.