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.
Re: assuming you got my card....aadromaDecember 26 2005, 07:00:30 UTC
I did indeed get your card! Thank you so much!
And textwise what you wrote is fine -- חג שמח can be used for any holiday and is in fact the most common way to wish someone well during Xanukah.
The only thing I'd have to say about what you wrote is that most people use a script form of Hebrew when writing that looks quite different from the print "block" form that you used. But other than that, it's perfect Hebrew.
Re: assuming you got my card....theotherqpcDecember 26 2005, 07:06:24 UTC
*nod* i remember seeing some friends' hebrew school homework when i was growing up and how different their handwriting looked from the script printed in books, but i couldn't find a handwritten sample on google image search, so...
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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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Sounds like your Holiday has been a good one.
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And textwise what you wrote is fine -- חג שמח can be used for any holiday and is in fact the most common way to wish someone well during Xanukah.
The only thing I'd have to say about what you wrote is that most people use a script form of Hebrew when writing that looks quite different from the print "block" form that you used. But other than that, it's perfect Hebrew.
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