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. As with all other jewish rituals the lighting of hanukkah candles goes according to a specific order and has blessings that accompany it. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha olam asher kidshanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu l hadlik ner shel hanukkah. Whenever candles are lit in a jewish ceremony a blessing is always said over the candle lighting. Find its spot the menorah is meant to spread.

The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left as you face the menorah. The chanukah lights can either be candle flames or oil fueled. The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights. The shammash or helper candle which has its own designated spot usually in the center and another candle.

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. When you light the candles the shamash is the first candle to be lit.

This is the first blessing that you will say on each night of chanukah. 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. On the first of hanukkah s eight nights only two candles are placed in the hanukkah menorah also known as a hanukkiah. The basic elements of a kosher menorah are eight holders for oil or candles and an additional holder set apart from the rest for the shamash attendant candle.