The Eight Days of Chanukah
Your Hanukkah 2011 Calendar
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Tuesday, December 20,
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Kislev 24
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 Tonight is the first Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings
1, 2 and 3 and kindle one light in the menorah. |
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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Kislev 25
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 Tonight is the second Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings
1 and 2 and kindle two lights in the menorah. |
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Kislev 26
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 Tonight is the third Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings
1 and 2 and kindle three lights in the menorah.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Kislev 28
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 Tonight is the fifth Night of Chanukah
After nightfall (click here for local times), recite blessings 1 and 2 and kindle
five lights in the menorah. The menorah is lit after Shabbat ends and the
Havdalah is recited. |
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
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Kislev 29
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 Tonight is the sixth Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings 1 and 2 and kindle six lights in the menorah. |
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Monday, December 26, 2011
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Kislev 30
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 Tonight is the seventh Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings 1 and 2 and kindle seven lights in the menorah. |
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Tevet 1
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 Tonight is the eighth Night of Chanukah
Recite blessings 1 and 2 and kindle eight lights in the menorah.
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Latest Comments:
Thank you for such a simple yet succinctly complete guide to celebrating Chanukah...it will be a mitzvah to be able to not just light the candles this year, but to lead with the traditional prayers and recite while the kindling of the lights is continuing.
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Why are the same amount of candles lit on Wednesday and Thursday? Does the Shamash count as the first candle?
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everything else in the book seems to be in sevens.
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Unlike the Biblical holidays of Sukkot and Passover—which begin and end with days of higher levels of sanctity—all eight days of Chanukah are celebrated in the same manner (except for the fact that there is one more candle each night). Thus, none of the days are Yom Tov per se and one may light the candles after sundown on each day, except for Friday and Saturday when we must take care not to light the candles on the Shabbat.
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Which days of Chanukah are Yom Tov [and several related questions to follow]?
I thought that it was the first two days... so if that's right... would the Erev Chanukah and the two days that follow be "Yom Tov" ... and are the last two days considered "Yom Tov" as well? ....If so, does the Yom Tov begin Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday night (Chanukah 2010).... and if that's the case.... how does one light the Menorah for the last night (if it's Yom Tov) .... and.... are there any other candles to light (for the last two days-- what I wonder if is "Yom Tov")..... Just thought of one more.... how/if is the candle lighting if one lives in Israel?
Thank you in advance of your reply.
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On weeknights, the custom of many communities (including Chabad-Lubavitch) is to light the menorah shortly after sunset; other communities light it at nightfall. In either case, the menorah must contain enough fuel at the time of the lighting to burn until 30 minutes after nightfall.
If the Chanukah lights were not lit early in the evening, they can be kindled later, as long as there are people in the streets (or others awake in the house).
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Other than Shabbat is there a special time to light the chanukah candles?
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my class is studying chanukah and finds it very interesting :)
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