Lighting The Menorah Candles

The shammash or helper candle which has its own designated spot usually in the center and another candle.

Lighting the menorah candles.

The other candles are then lit on each night from left to right as you face the menorah. As with all other jewish rituals the lighting of hanukkah candles goes according to a specific order and has blessings that accompany it. When you light the candles the shamash is the first candle to be lit. Whenever candles are lit in a jewish ceremony a blessing is always said over the candle lighting.

Know your timing you re supposed to light the menorah just after dark each night of hanukkah. The other candles should not be lit directly with the match. Say the first blessing over the candles. The chanukah lights can either be candle flames or oil fueled.

It is used to light the other candles. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha olam asher kidshanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu l hadlik ner shel hanukkah. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left as you face the menorah. 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.

This is the first blessing that you will say on each night of chanukah. 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. The menorah lamp in modern hebrew is the nine branched candelabra used during the celebration of hanukkah the festival of lights. Find its spot the menorah is meant to spread.