Now then, since I'm a Christian pastor and not a rabbi, judging from the picture, that the menorah candles are lit in a certain order. Would you be willing to share the why behind that and the significance thereof?
Candles always get lit right to left according to the perspective of those who will be viewing the candles -- the same direction as the Hebrew script. The middle candle is a helper candle which lights all of the other candles and, on this particular menorah, it sits in the middle. One candle's lit for each of the eight nights of Xanukah to represent the eight days that oil lasted in The Great Temple back in 165 BCE.
I was always taught that candles were placed from right to left in increasing order, but when lighting we actually light left to right, starting with the candle for the current night and working backwards to the first night.
Aaaaack -- indeed you're correct -- that should have said "always placed" and NOT "always lit". This is what I get for rushing and not proofing my posts, I suppose. ^^;;;;
Now then, since I'm a Christian pastor and not a rabbi, judging from the picture, that the menorah candles are lit in a certain order. Would you be willing to share the why behind that and the significance thereof?
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If you wanna know more, feel free to ask, hun ^o^
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