Happy Chanukah Marble Bark
For eight nights the celebration of Chanukah will last, each night a special prayer will be said as the candles are lit. There are total of nine candles, the Shamash is to light the eight candles known as the festival of lights, beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kisley (the ninth month in the Jewish calendar marks New Year’s in the beginning of November/December. Each night a candle is added; the first night the Shamash is the candle used to light the first candle from right to left, which will burn to the end of the candle. The second night the Shamash is used to...
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