The Hanukkah Blessings

Learn how to light the Hanukkah Menorah and recite the Hanukkah blessings by listening to this helpful video with step-by-step instructions, and blessings sung by Tracy Thomas. Follow along with the blessings below:

This third blessing is chanted only on the first night:

Barukh atta Adonai, Elohenu Melekh ha‘olam shehecheyanu,
vekiyyemanu vehigi‘anu lazzeman hazzeh.

English Translation:
Praised are You, Adonai, Our God, Sovereign of the universe,
who keeps us alive, sustains us, and brought us to this occasion.

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After reciting the blessings and lighting the candles,
the following paragraphs should be recited.

These lights we kindle upon the miracles, the wonders, the
salvations, and the battles, which you performed for our ancestors
in those days at this season through your holy priests.
During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and
we are not permitted to make ordinary use of them, but to look
at them in order to express thanks and praise to your great
Name for your miracles, your wonders, and your salvations.

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