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The shammash candle is the only one lit with a lighter or match, and its light is used to set the rest of the candles aglow throughout the eight evenings. Candles should ideally burn for at least ...
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]
There are three Hanukkah blessings (Modern Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת לֵחֲנֻכָּה Berakhot Laḥanukka, Lit: Hanukkah blessings) that are sung for lighting the candles of the menorah. The third blessing (shehecheyanu) is only sung on the first night. After the two or three blessings are sung, Hanerot Halalu is chanted. The following ...
Pink and her family got into the holiday spirit on the first night of Hanukkah. “Happy Chanukah to all those who celebrate,” the singer, 44, wrote via Instagram on Friday, December 8 ...
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these heartfelt Hanukkah greetings.
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.
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.
You must have been good little Judies this year, because your favorite All Stars 5 besties have a special gift just for you: Miz Cracker and Jujubee's Hanukkah song, "Eight Days of You" -- and ET ...