Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2019 19:52:53 GMT -5
Hi Confessor ,
Captain is CLOSE above. . but let me clarify.
there are actually NINE candles on a Menorah (either electric, or traditional candles).
1 for each day, and the Shamash - the "helper candle" that is used to light the others. A "true" menorah will never have the Shamash on the same level as the other 8 candles, it will either be higher, or lower (which is why you see many menorahs like these:
you often see similar layout of candelabras in a Church, or at religious services, but without the Shamash at a different plane? it's not a true Menorah.
anyways, you light one candle (and the Shamus) for each day.
So on the first night, there are two candles lit, on the 2nd night there will be 3.
you replace the candles each day, so the menorah will always start with the #of candles that match the day of the Holiday it is.
the candles are lit at sundown - I just lit ours at 6pm, since I took a nap today after gorging on Chinese food (tho really, think that was due to the Hydrocodone I took to help with my back, which went out at some point overnight. . so the drug makes me sleepy, but at least not hurting. . LOL. . getting old SUCKS).
but tonight is the 4th night, so our menorah has 5 candles lit: the 4 on the lower tier, representing night 4, and the Shamus.
make sense?
there are still 4 more night, so the last night will be this coming Sunday.
one thing to keep clear, Chanukah is not a "religious" holiday as Christmas is. . it's a festival of lights, that just happens to fall around the same time of year (tho on the Hebrew Calendar), so it often gets lumped in and folks think it's a really religious Holiday.
it's not.
there are really only 3 "biggie" religious Jewish Holidays:
Passover (which celebrates the Jews leaving Egypt, and happens to be around Easter. . . the famous "the Last Supper" painting is depicting Jesus at a Passover Seder (many folks don't realize that).
Rosh Hashonna - the Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur - the day of atonement (10 days after Rosh Hashonna)
Captain is CLOSE above. . but let me clarify.
there are actually NINE candles on a Menorah (either electric, or traditional candles).
1 for each day, and the Shamash - the "helper candle" that is used to light the others. A "true" menorah will never have the Shamash on the same level as the other 8 candles, it will either be higher, or lower (which is why you see many menorahs like these:
you often see similar layout of candelabras in a Church, or at religious services, but without the Shamash at a different plane? it's not a true Menorah.
anyways, you light one candle (and the Shamus) for each day.
So on the first night, there are two candles lit, on the 2nd night there will be 3.
you replace the candles each day, so the menorah will always start with the #of candles that match the day of the Holiday it is.
the candles are lit at sundown - I just lit ours at 6pm, since I took a nap today after gorging on Chinese food (tho really, think that was due to the Hydrocodone I took to help with my back, which went out at some point overnight. . so the drug makes me sleepy, but at least not hurting. . LOL. . getting old SUCKS).
but tonight is the 4th night, so our menorah has 5 candles lit: the 4 on the lower tier, representing night 4, and the Shamus.
make sense?
there are still 4 more night, so the last night will be this coming Sunday.
one thing to keep clear, Chanukah is not a "religious" holiday as Christmas is. . it's a festival of lights, that just happens to fall around the same time of year (tho on the Hebrew Calendar), so it often gets lumped in and folks think it's a really religious Holiday.
it's not.
there are really only 3 "biggie" religious Jewish Holidays:
Passover (which celebrates the Jews leaving Egypt, and happens to be around Easter. . . the famous "the Last Supper" painting is depicting Jesus at a Passover Seder (many folks don't realize that).
Rosh Hashonna - the Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur - the day of atonement (10 days after Rosh Hashonna)
