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Today, chanukiyot come in all shapes and sizes. Some families collect and light more than one to share the light and joy of the holiday. No matter what your chanukiyah looks like or how many you might light, it should be lit is a special and specific way.
Step 1: The candles are added to the chanukiyah from right to left, as they would be seen through your window (it’s an important part of our tradition to “publicize the miracle,” so try to have your chanukiyah in view to the public).
Step 2: We kindle the Chanukah lights using the shamash—the helper candle—which is usually set higher than the rest of the candles.
Step 3: The candles should be kindled from left to right as they are viewed by the public. The newest candle is lit first. (On the Shabbat of Chanukah, kindle the Chanukah lights first and then the Shabbat candles)
Baruch Atah, Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Chanukah.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to kindle the Chanukah lights.
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Baruch Atah, Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, sheh’asah nisim la’avoteinu v’imoteinu ba’yamim ha’heim baz’man ha’zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors in days of old, at this season.
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On the first night only we add a third blessing:
Baruch Atah, Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, sheh’heh’cheh’yanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man ha’zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe,, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this season.
