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Dec 4, 2023 · Updated 5:33 AM PDT, December 4, 2023. Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.”. On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication ...
Dec 9, 2023 · Tonight is the third night of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. For at least the last several decades, Hanukkah has become one of the most widely-observed and celebrated Jewish holidays.
The first Rabbi Yossi’s opinion explains that Bet Shammai counted the number of days left (including the current day), so that at the beginning of the third night of Hanukkah, there would be six full days left, while Bet Hillel counted the days that had passed, again including the current day.
Dec 26, 2005 · Addeddate 2005-12-27 20:59:44 Author Great Stone Face of Stone Face Vloggers Date_created 2005-12-26 Identifier Third_Night_of_Hanukkah_1
The third, said only on the first night of Hanukkah, is a prayer that marks beginnings and joyful occasions in Jewish life. These three blessings are an important and traditional part of Hanukkah ...
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.
One candle is lit on the first night, two on the second, three on the third, through to the eighth night when all are lit. A special prayer is recited during the lighting and while the candles burn it is a time for songs and games, including the four-sided toy called dreidel .
