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Dec 16, 2022 · Visit our webpage https://www.templealiyah.org/hanukkah.html for more Hanukkah resources to enhance your celebration! Follow along with Rabbinic Intern David...
Nov 30, 2021 · Learn to recite the blessings on the Chanukah candles (or Hanukkah or Hanukhah or Chanukkah etc.) This is an easy-to-follow, slow and accurate rendition of t...
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Dec 10, 2017 · This is how you recite the blessings when lighting the menorah for Hanukkah! Happy hanukkah!Check me out:Instagram.com/rabbimarkizFacebook.com/rabbimarkizTwi...
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Learn how to say the first blessing when lighting candles on your Hanukkah menorah.
- Hanukkah Blessings: Chant Before Lighting The Candles
- Hanukkah Blessings #1: Blessing Over The Candles
- Hanukkah Blessings #2: Blessing About Miracles
- Download Hanukkah Blessings Pdf – Printable
One of the most important Hanukkah rituals is to recite the Hanukkah blessings and light the candles on the menorah. We say three blessings on the first night and only two blessings — the first and second blessing — for the following seven nights. There is a chant for each of these blessings (#1 and #2 start with the exact same melody) but it is al...
The first blessing — which is sung for all eight nights of Hanukkah — is the blessing over the Hanukkah candles. It is the exact same blessing as the candle blessing we say weekly on Shabbat, except for the last word. Instead of saying shel Shabbat, we say shel Hanukkah. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹת...
We say Hanukkah blessing #2 directly after we finish blessing #1 and before we light the Hanukkah candles on the menorah. This blessing starts off with the traditional “Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha’olam” intro, but quickly gets into some more challenging Hebrew words. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲב...
Once you recite the blessings for Hanukkah, you can go ahead and light the candles. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left but are lit from left to right. The shamash candle is always the first one lit, and is used to light the others, starting with the left-most one. Essentially, you are lighting the candle representing the newes...
Blessings To Recite Before Lighting the Menorah Community member Leslie Evans, left, lit the sand menorah in Palm Beach. On the first night of Chanukah (Wednesday, December 25, 2024), recite all three blessings.
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Recite the blessings over the Hanukkah candles: Here you'll find the Hebrew text, transliterations, and English translation, both written and audio versions. On the first night only, we also recite the Shehecheyanu, which the blessing we say the first time we do something each Jewish calendar year.
