Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th of Kislev and lasts for eight nights. On the western calender it is in November to December. You light candles on Hanukkah. The candles are placed in a menorah. A menorah is a candle holder with 9 holders. On the first night of Hanukkah there would be two candles in the menorah: the shamash and the candle on the far right. You would light the shamash then sing the blessings. Then you light the other candle with the shamash. On the second night of Hanukkah you would do the same thing but light 2 candles with the shamash (swap the candles every night). You place the candles right to left in the menorah. You light the candles newest to oldest. You go up to eight candles (not including the shamash), one for each night. For all of Hanukkah you light 44 candles.
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