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Hanukkah Blessings. Candles are added to the hanukkiyah (menorah) from right to left but are kindled from left to right. The newest candle is lit first. On the Shabbat of Hanukkah, kindle the Hanukkah lights first and then the Shabbat candles. Light the shamash (the helper candle) first, using it to kindle the rest of the Hanukkah lights.
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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.
- 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...
Hanukkah Prayers. Blessed art Thou, Yahuwah our Elohim, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by His commandments and bidden us to kindle the Hanukkah lights, in the name of Yahushua the Messiah. Omain. Baruch ata Yahuwah Elohaynu, Melekh ha Olam, asher kidishanu b’mitzvotav l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah. Bashem Yahushua ha Mossiach.
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Al Ha’Nisim is a short prayer of thanksgiving that is meant to express God’s role in the miracle . of Hanukkah. Sing or read the following version of the prayer and then continue aloud with the reading below the prayer. Thank You for the miracles, for rescuing us, for the courageous acts you performed, for saving us,
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. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam, she-asah nisim la’avoteinu bayamim hahem bazman hazeh. Blessed are you Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors ...
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