What Jewish prayer is similar to the one said at Chanukah?
Today in Jewish History Close All Esther made Queen (362 BCE) Less “And Esther was taken to King Achashverosh, to his palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tevet, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won his favor and kindness more than all the virgins; he placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in Vashti’s stead” (Book of Esther 2:16-17). This set the stage for the miracle of Purim six years later, on the 13th and 14th of Adar of the year 3405 from creation (356 BCE). Link: Love in the Ice Age 7th Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE) Less On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, after defeating the vastly more numerous and powerful armies of the Syrian-Greek king Antiochus IV, who had tried to forcefully uproot the beliefs and practices of Judaism from the people of Israel. The victorious Jews repaired, cleansed and rededicated the Temple to
Even on the first night with three prayers before lighting the first candle (other nights just one one-sentence prayer), the entire, complete, full Channuka ritual takes two minutes. Tops. That’s it. And they didn’t even bother coming up with an original prayer. It’s the Shabbat candle lighting prayer with the word Hanukah substituted for Shabbat. Sources: http://www.dallasvoice.
