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What is lit to represent each day of Hanukkah?

Each day of Hanukkah, an additional candle is lit on the menorah.


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Each candle represents each of the 8 days of Hanukkah.


What symbol can be used for both Christmas and Hanukkah?

There isn't one. The holidays are entirely different. The closest you could come is a candle, but a single candle does not represent Hanukkah. You can't use a star either, because a star has nothing to do with Hanukkah.


What are the colours of a Hanukkah candle?

There are no traditional colors for Hanukkah. But because of Influence by Christmas (namely the fact the Christmas has traditional colors), Jewish people took the colors of the Israeli Flag (blue and white) and made them Hanukkah colors. But this practice is only about 40 years old.


What is the special candle used at Hanukkah?

The Shamash, or helper candle.


What does each candle stand for on Hanukkah?

each candle stands for one day of the miracle of Hanukkah, except for the Shamash (9th candle) which is just a helper candle used to light the others.


What does the colors of Hanukkah mean?

There are no specific colors for Hanukkah. Hanukkah wrapping paper often uses the colors of the Israeli flag, which are blue and white, but these aren't Hanukkah colors.


What are the Hanukkah candles' colors?

No specific colors are mentioned for Hanukkah in Jewish law.See also:More about Hanukkah


How does Hanukkah start?

Hanukkah starts with the lighting of a special candle holder called a Chanukiah (Hanukkah-menorah).


What colors are used in the Hanukkah tradtion?

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How many candle in Hanukkah menorah?

there are nine.


What are the candles that are lit at Hanukkah called?

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