The following two (or three) blessings (prayers) are said while holding the shammash, immediately before the Hanukkah menorah is lit, saying the third blessing only on the first night or the first time lighting this Chanukah (click here for a printable PDF of the blessings.)

When lighting the Hanukkah menorah on the first night, there are three blessings to recite. On all other nights, there are only two. Here is the text of all three blessings in Hebrew, transliteration, and English translation.

Learn how to say the blessings and light the hanukkiyah, the Hanukkah menorah.

One of the most important Hanukkah rituals is to recite the Hanukkah blessings and light the candles on the menorah. We say three blessings on the first night and only two blessings — the first and second blessing — for the following seven nights.

These blessings are recited before the lighting of the Hanukkah candles. The traditional Hanukkah candle lighting service consists of saying all three blessings on the first night, and only the first and second blessings for the seven nights to follow. The First Blessing.

2024年12月13日 · Learn the three Hanukkah blessings to celebrate the Jewish holiday this year. Light the menorah and say the traditional blessings over the Hanukkah candles.

Click here for a PDF of the blessings said during Hanukkah candle lighting. The core ritual of the eight-day Hanukkah holiday is the lighting of the menorah, or hanukkiah. This nine-stemmed menorah is lit each evening of the holiday after sunset, with one …

Recite or sing these blessings as you light the Hanukkiyah each night during Hanukkah: Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b-mitzvotav, v-tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah.

Complete laws and history of lighting the Hanukkah candles. Watch animation of how to light the Menorah; Listen to the blessings for lighting the Menorah; Print formatted text of the blessings; The first two blessings are said with the Shamash (the helper candle) already lit, but immediately prior to lighting the Chanukah candles. Blessing #1

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to kindle the Hanukkah lights. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asah nisim laavoteinu v’imoteinu bayamim hahaeim baz’man hazeh.