There is one candle for each night of Hanukkah, and the ninth candle, which sits in the middle, is known as the shamash, which translates to attendant or servant candle. This candle is lit first and ...

The IDF Rabbinate also published emergency guidelines for lighting Chanukah candles in a time of war, particularly for those fighting on the front lines in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.

Light Chanukah candles over the Internet and access tourist information and win a chance for a free trip. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Published: Dec 15, 2009, 11:45 AM (GMT+2) Updated: 11:22 AM ...

These issues were debated, too and can be found in th e Halachipedia page on Lighting Chanukah candles. Yes, you read that correctly and might rightly ask which is the correct spelling: Hanukkah ...

The last option, to light on the table, is problematic because to do so means that the candles will not be seen outside. This actually partially resolves your question.

The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis on cooking foods in oil such as potato pancakes called latkes, memorialize this miraculously long-lasting oil. When is Hanukkah 2023?

On Chanukah we light 36 candles. (1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 plus 5 plus 6 plus 7 plus 8 = 36). 36 is the number of tzaddikim, consummately righteous souls, in every generation.

However, you light the newest candle (whichever is furthest left on the menorah) first and continue from left to right. So while candles are placed right to left, you light them from left to right.

Fine tuning negotiation and compromise. Transcending the “I” for “We”. Private, holy, acts that lead to harmony. As we light the Shabbat candles we take part in building our personal oasis.