Hanukkah Candle lighting Instructions Inserting the Candles: Hanukkah candles are inserted beginning at the right end of the Hanukkiyah with an additional candle being added each night. The Shamash is placed in its designated location. Add me last Add me next
Add me first
First Night
Second Night
Third Night
Lighting the Candles: Candles are lit going from left to right (the reverse of how they were added) with the candle for the “new” day being lit first. Light me first, please
1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th… Candles are lit after all blessings are concluded; three on the first night and two on each subsequent night. Those of you who place a Hanukkiyah, electric or other, in the window where it is visible from the outside, please remember to orient it correctly from the perspective of those who are outside looking at the Hanukkiyah.