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phyncke ([personal profile] phyncke) wrote2006-12-16 07:05 pm

On the second night....

Each night, along with last night's posted prayer you say a few other prayers. Here is another one that you say before you light the candles.

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, she-asah nisim la-avoteinu, bayamim haheim, (u)baz'man hazeh.


Translation: "Praised are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors, in those days, at this season."


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Here is my menorah from tonight. Center candle lit and then I lit two candles symbolizing the two days. Tomorrow I will post more on this ritual for you. You use the center candle to light the others from right to left.

Now I will be honest. I only actually say the lighting of the Hanukkah candles prayer not all the others. I am posting all the prayers gradually to be factoid-ish here. I am not really religious, I am more of a cultural/historical Jew-type. This king-of-the-universe stuff is not really me.

So Happy Hanukkah all of you...

My candles have all burnt out but it looked really pretty while it was going.