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You light candles on the Chanukkiah (Hanukkah-menorah). night 1: 1 normal candle, 1 shamas candle night 2: 2 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 3: 3 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 4: 4 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 5: 5 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 6: 6 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 7: 7 normal candles, 1 shamas candle night 8: 8 normal candles, 1 shamas candle candles can be lit from oil or wax, but oil is better. my personal custom is to have the normal candles from oil and the shamas from wax.
Chanukah is celebrated by lighting candles. saying brachot and attending synagog (shul) services. there are 8 nights of chanukkah. night 1: 1 normal candle and a shamas(main candle) night 2: 2 normal candles and a shamas night 3: 3 normal candles and a shamas night 4: 4 normal candles and a shamas night 5: 5 normal candles and a shamas night 6: 6 normal candles and a shamas night 7: 7 normal candles and a shamas night 8: 8 normal candles and a shamas candles can be lit with wax or oil, but oil is better. my custom is to light the normal candles with oil and the shamas candle with wax. it is also traditional to eat cheese on Chanukkah for many more Jewish Questions and answers see: http://www.chabad.org/474309
You light 2 on the first night. Then each night, you add another candle, ending with 9 on the eighth night.
Each night of the 8 nights of Hanukkah, the candles are lit. 2 candles are lit on the first night, and then each night an additinal candle is lit until all 9 candles are lit on the 8th night.
The candles are burned all the way to the end, and fresh candles are used each night (otherwise there would be nothing to light).Answer:According to Halakha (Jewish law), one may extinguish the Hanukkah candles after they have been lit for at least one-half hour during or after twilight. In that case, the remainder of the same candles may be lit the following night if they're not too small.
Yes, lighting advent candles every night is a common holiday tradition for some people.
No. On the first night, one candle is placed and then lit (plus the helper candle used to light the others), ending with 8 candles on the 8th night.
Last night (Sunday evening, December first 2013), five candles were lit (plus the extra shamash-candle).
The candles on Martin Luther's tree represented the stars that shone over Bethlehem on the night of Jesus' birth. Luther was the first to decorate a Christmas tree with candles in the 16th century as a way to recreate that starry night.
It takes a total of 44 candles to observe all eight nights of Hanukkah. Each night, one additional candle is added to the menorah, starting with one on the first night and ending with eight on the eighth night.
They used candles or oil lamps.
None. Here's why: 1. Jews do not celebrate Christmas; and Channukah is not the same as Christmas. 2. The channukiah (Channukah-menorah) holds a total of 9 candles so on the last night all 9 are lit. 8 candles represent the miracle that Channukah celebrates and the 9th one, called the shamesh, is used to light the other candles.