Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah)
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.
nine. eight candles and one Shamash.
Typically, candles are lit for light or for religious or spiritual purposes.
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.
None. But Hanukkah involves the lighting of NINE candles during eight days.
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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.
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Candles are lit for all 8 nights of Hanukkah.
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.
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.
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.