During each night of Hanukkah, you light one candle for each night plus an additional one called the shamash, the "helper" candle, which is lit first each night and used to light all the others.

One candle is lit each night. The menorah holds nine candles, one of which is the shamash, meaning attendant, which is used to light the other eight. Special blessings are recited, often to a ...

The crowd cheered and clapped as the flames finally caught on the shamash and two other candles. The menorah features eight candles — one for each day of the holiday — and a ninth known as the ...