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The traditional Hanukkah candle lighting service consists of saying all three blessings on the first night, and only the first and second blessings for the seven nights to follow. The First Blessing. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah.
Dec 6, 2012 · This blessing thanks God for keeping us alive and enabling us to celebrate this festive occasion. It is said only on the first night of Chanukah.Ba-ruch at-a...
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Dec 14, 2003 · Shabbat, December 28, 2024. Kislev 27. Tonight is the fourth Night of Chanukah. The menorah is lit after Shabbat ends and the Havdalah is recited. Recite blessings 1 and 2 and kindle four lights in the menorah. Sunday, December 29, 2024. Kislev 28. Tonight is the fifth Night of Chanukah.
Two blessings are chanted or recited every night of Hanukkah. The first is a blessing over the candles themselves. The second blessing expresses thanks for the miracle of deliverance. A third blessing, the Shehecheyanu prayer (marking all joyous occasions in Jewish life), is chanted or recited on the first night only.
Hanukkah Blessings #3: Shehecheyanu (aka First Night of Hanukkah Prayer) Why do we say an additional prayer, the Shehecheyanu, on the first night of Hanukkah? The Shehecheyanu is a blessing of firsts. We recite this particular blessing the first time we do something in the Jewish calendar year and to celebrate special occasions.
In defiling the sacred oil of the menorah, the Greeks tried to destroy the Jewish soul. But the soul cannot be extinguished. Miraculously, despite the best efforts of the oppressors, one cruse of pure oil remained in the Temple, and one cruse was enough to re-dedicate the Temple and renew the holy task of spreading light throughout the world ...
Dec 5, 2019 · Candles should be lit from left to right each night; you'll replace the candles for all prior nights and add a new candle every evening. Fill the unlit oil or place the unlit candles in the chanukiyah as you face it from right to left. Light the shamash and, while holding this candle, say the blessings (see below).
