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Prior to lighting the candles each night, a series of blessings are recited. Click here to download a printer-friendly PDF of the Hanukkah blessings. Click here for more information on lighting the menorah, including audio recordings of the traditional Hanukkah blessing melodies.
shel Hanukkah. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to kindle the Hanukkah lights. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asah nisim laavoteinu v’imoteinu bayamim hahaeim baz’man hazeh. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who performed wonderous deeds for our
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Translation. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot , commanding us to kindle the Hanukkah lights. Learn the Blessings for Hanukkah Candles: Blessing 1. Watch on. Blessing 2. Hebrew Text. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵֽינוּ.
- 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...
Here is the text of all three blessings in Hebrew, transliteration, and English translation. You can download a printable PDF of the blessings recited over the Hanukkah menorah by clicking here. We’ve also embedded recordings of each blessing so you can learn one of the most common traditional tunes. Happy Hanukkah!
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Blessed are you Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who made us holy through the commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukkah lights. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי, אֱלוֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
TRANSLATION. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who makes us holy with your commandments, commanding us to (kindle) light the Hanukkah lights. ּוניתֵֹובאֲלַםיסִִּנהָׂשעֶָׁש,םלָֹועהָ ְךלֶמֶּוניהֵֹלאֱָיְיהתָּאַ ְךּורבָּ .הֶּזהַןמְַּזבַּםהֵהָםימִָּיבַּּוניתֵֹומאְִו. TRANSLITERATION.
