Hanukkah is also called the festival of lights because it is celebrated with the lighting of candles in a very specific way.
Lighting the menorah prayer in english.
Light the shamash the helper candle first using it to kindle the rest of the hanukkah lights.
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.
The first night you light only the shammus the one at a different height and one chanukkah candle.
See animation at right.
The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights.
The shammus candle is lit first.
By the eighth night you light all of the candles.
Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing.
The first night you light only the shammus usually the the highest candle and one chanukkah candle.
On the shabbat of hanukkah kindle the hanukkah lights first and then the shabbat candles.
Each night special hanukkah blessings and prayers are recited before the candles are lit.
The shammus candle is lit first.
Download a printable version of the hanukkah blessings.
One candle is added to the menorah each night.
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.
By the eighth night you light all of the candles.
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 following two or three blessings are said before the menorah is lit.
Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left like hebrew writing.