Posted on 12/12/2017 6:27:34 AM PST by Wuli
Chanukkah Candle Lighting Blessings
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One candle is added to the menorah each night. The first night, you light only the shammus (the one at a different height) and one Chanukkah candle. By the eighth night, you light all of the candles.
Candlelighting Procedure Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left (like Hebrew writing). See animation at right. The shammus candle is lit first. While holding the shammus candle, recite the following blessings. They are usually sung. Click the music icons in the blessings below to hear the tune.
If you would like to hear the blessings sung, check out the MP3 recording by Rabbi Mark Zimmerman on SiddurAudio.com. The recording is designed for educational purposes, and is chanted at a very moderate pace with very clear enunciation. Siddur Audio and its sister site, Haftorah Audio are great sources for learning the melodies of Jewish liturgy. (Rabbi Zimmerman is not associated with this website). Blessing over Candles
Light the shammus candle first, then recite the blessings while holding the candle. Do not light the other candles until the blessings are done!
Hebrew MIDI
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe
Hebrew asher kidishanu b'mitz'votav v'tzivanu Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us
Hebrew l'had'lik neir shel Chanukah. (Amein) to light the lights of Chanukkah. (Amen)
Blessing for the Chanukkah Miracle
Hebrew MIDI Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe
Hebrew she'asah nisim la'avoteinu bayamim haheim baziman hazeh. (Amein) Who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time
Shehecheyanu (Who Has Kept Us Alive)
This blessing is recited only on the first night of Chanukkah.
Hebrew MIDI Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe
Hebrew 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)
Lighting the Candles
After reciting the blessings, use the shammus to light the Chanukkah candles from left to right (newest to oldest). See animation at top.
Candles should be left burning until they go out on their own. They must burn for more than half an hour. Standard Chanukkah candles burn for about an hour.
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Per your request, I have asked the mods to delete my post. I didn’t mean any offense to any Jewish Freepers. I simply tried to wish everyone of the Jewish faith a happy holiday. FWIW... the term “he-bro and he-bra” is used by the “youth” in our area (and yes... JEWISH youth as a twist on the “bro” and “bra” slang meaning friend. Perhaps it is more of a regional thing. That being said, I apologize to our Jewish Freepers.
Chanukkah blessings to you and all of our Jewish FReepers.
“That’s a bold claim for something not in the Jewish Bible.......”A reminder that Judaism is a completely different religion with a different set of assumptions, not just a kind of pre-Christianity without the Messiah.”
What a silly and prejudiced statement. Why? You cannot find all the things done and said in many Christian religious ceremonies in the bible. There too the words and ceremonies developed by “tradition” come from how the bible inspired people to devise the ceremonies, but as such, as ceremonies and words often said exactly in the ceremony are not “biblical”, but reflections on events or theology provided in the bible.
The best Chanukah wishes to all!
My next door neighbors son (they’re Jewish) once used such words. His dad had the rabbi put him and his friends that were with him on community service for a month. I witnessed it. The son later came and apologized to me. He said he was sorry he used words he would not want to hear the ignorant say to him. I thanked him for the lesson.
Blessed Chanukka to all our Jewish Freepers!
I’m not going to battle you on this one, Wuli. You stated you aren’t Jewish but have Jewish friends. I’m not Jewish and have Jewish friends. Perhaps the Jewish friends I have aren’t “Conservative or ultra Conservative” in their beliefs. Again... the middle school, high school and college aged Jewish kids I know use that term as one of affection. As a Non-Jew, I am in no way, shape or form going to discourage/condemn/or act like a Rabbi with a term they find nothing wrong with. It’s not my place and it isn’t yours either. Again, FOR ALL THE JEWISH FREEPERS... if you took offense to what I posted, I apologize. It was meant to be joyous/happy sounding and not divisive.
I was not picking any bone with you, publicly. I just related to you my neighbors lessons on the subject. It was not a lecture. Just a statement of what they showed me. It may be true that my Jewish friends take their faith more seriously than others do, and then feel more seriously about it. All religions have a range of observers.
Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate! Big pile of potatoes ready to go for tonight’s latkes!
(Our extended family may not be celebrating together this weekend depending on my cousins who host the annual bash being in mandatory evacuation in Santa Barbara right now)
They tried to kill us. We won. Lets eat.
Thanks. They’re good.
All you need to know about any Jewish holiday!!
Still winning!
From this Christian, I wish a Happy Chanukkah to all my fellow Jewish FReepers.
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