Lighting The Menorah Prayer In English

By the eighth night you light all of the candles.

Lighting the menorah prayer in english.

One candle is added to the menorah each night. Three blessings are said on the first night and only the first and second blessings are said on the other seven nights. 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.

On the shabbat of hanukkah kindle the hanukkah lights first and then the shabbat candles. The shammus candle is lit first. Chanukah candle lighting prayers. The shammus candle is lit first.

Click here for full lighting instructions and click here for a printable pdf of the blessings first blessing. Download a printable version of the hanukkah blessings. The first night you light only the shammus the one at a different height and one chanukkah candle. The following two or three blessings are said before the menorah is lit.

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. See animation at right. Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing. 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.

One candle is added to the menorah each night. 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 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.