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This is a great time to recite Hanukkah blessings and Hanukkah prayers. When lighting the menorah, the candles are lit each evening from left to right, starting with the shammash, the candle used ...
One of the most important holidays in the Jewish faith, "Chanukah" is an eight-day celebration of a miracle that took place around 200 B.C. Playing dreidel, lighting the menorah candles, and ...
Photography by Sara N Sonenberg/Getty Images. 2. Reciting Blessings. The menorah-lighting ritual involves more than just putting flame to a wick: Jewish religious tradition involves reciting one ...
It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a name or epithet for God in Judaism. It is thought to have been written sometime in the 13th century, although recent research suggests the 12th century.
The first performance of certain mitzvot in a year, including sitting in a sukkah, eating matzah at the Passover Seder, reading the megillah, or lighting the candles on Hanukkah. Eating a new fruit for the first time since Rosh Hashanah. Normally said before the blessing over the fruit, but some customarily say it afterwards. [3]
Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Hanukkah. Blessed are You, L ORD our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukkah light[s]. Hanukkah, Purim
A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited.
Pink also shared a video of herself and daughter Willow Sage, 12, singing prayers together as they lit the menorah’s first candle. After the duo finished, they hugged.