Come See the Lights
Come see the lights, eight days and nights.
We will remember on Hanukkah.
From days of old, stories are told.
We will remember on Hanukkah.
In the ancient days of Israel, only one cup of oil for light.
But there was a mighty miracle, it burned on
for eight days and nights.
Yes, you light candles on ALL 8 nights of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah commemorates this miracle with the lighting of candles on eight successive nights. A Hanukkah menorah, with nine branches instead of the seven on a regular menorah, is used for this purpose. Eight of the candles are lit one by one on each night of Hanukkah, and the ninth candle, known as the shamash, is lit every night and used to kindle the other candles.The Beis Yosef has a famous question: Why do we light for eight nights, if the miracle of Hanukkah is that the oil lasted for seven extra nights? (There are many answers given to this question. Many as in over one hundred!)
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
You light 2 on the first night. Then each night, you add another candle, ending with 9 on the eighth night.
The only Hanukkah activity that can be described as a ritual is the light of the candles each 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.
Yes, two candles are lit on the first night of Hanukkah, and each night one more is added till there are 9 candles that are lit on Hanukkah. One is the helper candle ("shamash") used to light the other 8, which symbolize the 8 days of Hanukkah.
there are eight. the evening entering into the eighth day is the last celebrated night of hanukkah, while the evening at the end of the eighth day is not part of hanukkah.
The menorah is the standard term for the 9-branched candle holder used on Hanukkah. Others call it a Chanukiah or Hanukkiyyah. Each night of Hanukkah, candles are lit to commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah. On the first night, one candle is lit (plus the helper candle used to light the others), ending with 8 candles on the 8th night.
The Hanukkah candles don't have names, except for referring to them generically, as neirot Hanukkah (candles of Hanukkah). The one candle which does have a name is the extra one, used to light the others, which is called the shamash (helper).See also:More about Hanukkah
For the eight days of Hanukkah. More than that is neither necessary nor customary.For more about Hanukkah:http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-holidays/hanukkah
Days 6 and 7 of Hanukkah, known as "Zot Hanukkah" or "The Eighth Day of Hanukkah," hold special significance. On these days, the lighting of the Hanukkah candles continues, and the menorah is fully illuminated with all eight candles. It is a time to reflect on the miracle of the oil in the Temple and to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness.