1 Tevet is always the 7th night of Hanukkah, so you would light the shamash plus 7 candles. (a total of 8 candles).
Sundown, Dec 1
dd/mm/yyyy//Hebrew date//event 28/11/1793//Kistev 24, 5554//1 candle 29/11/1793//Kistev 25, 5554//2 candles 30/11/1793//Kistev 26, 5554//3 candles 01/12/1793//Kistev 27, 5554//4 candles 02/12/1793//Kistev 28, 5554//5 candles 03/12/1793//Kistev 29, 5554//6 candles 04/12/1793//Tevet 1, 5554//7 candles ( Rosh Chodesh Tevet) 05/12/1793//Tevet 2, 5554//8 candles 06/12/1793//Tevet 3, 5554//8th day of Hanukkah
5678*1 = 5678
The main "event" of Hanukkah is the evening candle lighting. (Every night of the 8 nights of Hanukkah the menorah is lit with one more candle; thus on the first evening 1 candle is lit, on the 8th evening 8 candles are lit.) Candle lighting is done preferably at dusk or as the starts come out. Latecomers can light as long as they have an audience - until dawn. After candle lighting it is customary to sing songs (like Ma'oz Tzur) and play with a dreidel; a 4 sided Hanukkah-top.
Hanukkah in 2008 starts December 21st at night when the first candle is lit. The first day is December 22 and it runs through December 29th.
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.
December 2, 2010 is the first day, but the first candle is lit after sundown on December 1, 2010.
Light the middle candle and number 1 candle (farthest right) for the 1st night of Channukah. Night 2 do the middle candle and the first 2 candles (farthest right, 2nd farthest right), etc. :)
Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You should light your first candle this night.
For the Hanukkah menorah (chanukiah), any kind of candle that will fit, provided they burn at least 1/2 hour after dusk.
The Hanukkah-menorah holds eight candles. Each night, there is one other candle to the side, which is used to light the others. See also:More about Hanukkah
1. It could be referring to the month of Tevet - read all about Tevet at http://www.answers.com/topic/tevet 2. It could be referring to Ta'avot - the animalistic urges a person has for indulging in worldly pleasures - especially forbidden ones.