בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us to light the Ḥanukka lights.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days, at this time.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time.

הַנֵּרוֹת הַלָּֽלוּ We light these lights because of the miracles and wonders, deliverances and victories You performed for our ancestors in those days, at this time, through Your holy priests.

Throughout the eight days of Ḥanukka these lights are holy and we are not permitted to make any other use of them, except to look at them, that we may give thanks and praise to Your great name for Your miracles, Your wonders and Your deliverances.

מָעוֹז צוּר Refuge, Rock of my salvation: to You it is a delight to give praise. Restore my House of prayer, so that there I may offer You thanksgiving. When You silence the loud-mouthed foe, then will I complete, with song and psalm, the altar’s dedication.

רָעוֹת Troubles sated my soul; my strength was spent with sorrow. They embittered my life with hardship, when I was enslaved under Egyptian rule. But God with His great power brought out His treasured people, while Pharaoh’s host and followers sank like a stone into the deep.

דְּבִיר He brought me to His holy abode, but even there I found no rest. The oppressor came and exiled me, because I had served strange gods. I had drunk poisoned wine. I almost perished. Then Babylon fell, Zerubbabel came: within seventy years I was saved.

כְּרֹת The Agagite, son of Hammedatha, sought to cut down the tall fir tree, but it became a trap to him, and his arrogance was brought to an end. You raised the head of the Benjaminite, and the enemy’s name You blotted out. His many sons and his household You hanged on the gallows.

יְוָנִים Then the Greeks gathered against me, in the days of the Hasmoneans. They broke down the walls of my towers, and defiled all the oils. But from the last remaining flask a miracle was wrought for Your beloved. Therefore the sages ordained these eight days for song and praise.

חֲשֹׂף Bare Your holy arm, and hasten the time of salvation. Take retribution against the evil nation on behalf of Your servants, for the hour [of deliverance] has been too long delayed; there seems no end to the evil days. Thrust the enemy into the darkness of death, and establish for us the seven Shepherds.