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Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah)

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What is a manorah?

There are two, one used for the seven days of the week and one used during Honuka. The one for the seven days of the week has seven candles and you light another one each day. the one used during hanuka has nine candles. the outer eight ones represent the nine days of the week and the middle one you use to light the other ones on their day. The eight candles will be lit for the rest of the holiday after being lit.


How many candles does a hanukkiah have?

nine. eight candles and one Shamash.


Why are candles lit?

Typically, candles are lit for light or for religious or spiritual purposes.


How many candles shold be lit on the menorah today Dec 15 2012?

Before sundown, 8 candles (middle candle plus 7). At sundown, all nine candles should be lit as the last day of Hanuka begins at sundown on December 15, 2012.


What holiday lasts for eight days and involves the lighting of eight candles?

None. But Hanukkah involves the lighting of NINE candles during eight days.


Who many candles are lit an Hanukkah?

there are 8 lit


What can a minorah be used for?

A Menorah is a candelabrum with nine branches that is lit during the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah. It is lit during the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah.


What are night candles?

Lit


How many days are the candles lit in Hanukkah?

Candles are lit for all 8 nights of Hanukkah.


Why are the candles lit?

It depends on who is lighting the candle and where they are lighting it. Typically, candles are lit for light or for religious or spiritual purposes.


What does the Hanukkah lightning mean are lit per day or weeks?

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.


What are the Jewish nine candles lighted on?

They can be lit on any surface or container; no special holder is required. Customarily, they are lit on a candelabra which is made for this specific purpose, called a menorah, a Hanukkah-menorah, or a hanukkiyah.