Each year, candles are lit during the eight nights and days of Hanukkah, or Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. The animation to the left shows how the candles are to be lit each of the eight nights. Below are blessings that should be recited during Hanukkah, as the candles are lit each night.
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Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha‘olam asher kidishanu b‘mitz‘votav v‘tzivanu l‘had‘lik neir shel Chanukah. (Amein) Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the lights of Hanukkah. (Amen) |
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Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha‘olam she‘asah nisim la‘avoteinu bayamim haheim baziman hazeh. (Amein) Who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days, at this season. (Amen) |
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Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha‘olam shehecheyanu v‘kiyimanu v‘higi‘anu laz'man hazeh. (Amein) who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season. (Amen) |