Hanukkah Candle Lighting

Each night of Hanukkah, we add a candle to the hanukkiah we place in the window of our homes. It is lovely to watch the light increase and push against the darkness of the winter nights. The Talmud teaches that by adding candles we are increasing the holiness in the world; in this section of Ritualwell we offer a variety of ways to increase the beauty and awe your candle lighting brings to your home and the world.

Photo by Jordan Cassway

How to Light the Hanukkah Candles [Video]

Prayer

In this video, learn the blessings for lighting the Hanukkah menorah [more]

Found In: Hanukkah Candle Lighting

Tags: shehekheyanu , Siddur Kol Haneshamah

First Light: An Energy-Aware Chanukah Celebration

From the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life | Complete Ceremony

On the path from the winter soltice to the vernal equinox and Birkat HaChammah, Blessing of the Sun, with instructions for kindling olive oil in a bowl [more]

Found In: Hanukkah Candle Lighting, Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun

Thoughts on Kindling the Chanukah Lights

By Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz | Reading

A kavanah on the symbolism of the candle as the soul [more]

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Tags: Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz

New Blessings for Chanukah

From Kolot: The Center for Jewish Women's and Gender Studies | Complete Ceremony

New Blessings over the Chanukah candles using masculine and feminine God-language [more]

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One for Each Night: A Chanukah Study Guide for a Brighter Future

Project of Georgia Interfaith Power & Light in cooperation with Congregation Bet Haverim | Ritual Component

A ritual for installing a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) each night of Chanukah [more]

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Tags: eco-friendly

Chag HaBanot: The Festival of the Daughters

By Rabbi Jill Hammer | Complete Ceremony

A new ritual based on an older North-African custom celebrating women's roles in the Chanukah story on Rosh Chodesh Tevet [more]

Found In: Hanukkah Candle Lighting, Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Dec.-Jan.

Tags: Rabbi Jill Hammer

The Healing Light of Chanukah

By Ariel Lee | Prayer

A healing ritual for Chanukah [more]

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The Peaceful Maccabee

By Rabbi Leah Novick | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony for Chanukah honoring little-known Jewish women in history [more]