Before lighting the shamesh:
כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י
ה' אֱ֝לֹקַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃
It is You who light my lamp
Adonai, my God, lights up my darkness.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
בלילה הראשון מוסיפים:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the Chanukah candles.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe who made miracles for our ancestors in their days in this season.
On the first night:
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.
After lighting on the first night:
זָ֘רַ֤ח בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ א֭וֹר לַיְשָׁרִ֑ים
חַנּ֖וּן וְרַח֣וּם וְצַדִּֽיק׃
A light shines for the upright in the darkness;
God is gracious, compassionate, and beneficent.
After lighting on the second night:
כִּ֥י נָפַ֖לְתִּי קָ֑מְתִּי
כִּֽי־אֵשֵׁ֣ב בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ
ה׳ א֥וֹר לִֽי׃
Though I have fallen, I rise again;
Though I sit in darkness,
Adonai is my light.
After lighting on the third night:
אֲנִ֧י ה' קְרָאתִ֥יךָֽ בְצֶ֖דֶק
וְאַחְזֵ֣ק בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗
וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛ לִבְרִ֥ית עָ֖ם לְא֥וֹר גּוֹיִֽם׃
I, Adonai, have called you in righteousness,
and will hold your hand, and will create you,
and give you as a covenant of the people,
for a light to the nations.
After lighting on the fourth night:
שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
Send forth Your light and Your truth;
they will lead me;
they will bring me to Your holy mountain, to Your dwelling-place.
After lighting on the fifth night:
(כז) נֵ֣ר ה' נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם
חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל־חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
The lamp of God is the soul of man, searching all his inmost parts.
After lighting on the sixth night:
לְךָ֣ י֭וֹם אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה
אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ מָא֥וֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃
אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ
קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃
The day is Yours, the night also;
it was You who set in place the orb of the sun;
You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
summer and winter—You made them.
After lighting on the seventh night:
נֵר־לְרַגְלִ֥י דְבָרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝א֗וֹר לִנְתִיבָתִֽי׃
פֵּ֖תַח דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ יָאִ֗יר מֵבִ֥ין פְּתָיִֽים׃
Your word is a lamp to my feet,
a light for my path.
The unfolding of Your words gives light,
it gives understanding to the simple.
After lighting on the eighth night:
לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה
וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃
The Jews enjoyed light and gladness, happiness and honor.
After each night (From Psalms and Shacharit Amidah):
כִּֽי־עִ֭מְּךָ מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים
בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ נִרְאֶה־אֽוֹר׃
בָּרְכֵנוּ אָבִינוּ כֻּלָּנוּ כְּאֶחָד בְּאור פָּנֶיךָ.
כִּי בְאור פָּנֶיךָ נָתַתָּ לָּנוּ ה' אֱלקֵינוּ
תּורַת חַיִּים וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד
וּצְדָקָה וּבְרָכָה וְרַחֲמִים וְחַיִּים וְשָׁלום.
With You is the fountain of life;
by Your light do we see light.
Bless us, our Father, all as one, with the light of Your face. For by the light of Your face You have given us,
Lord our God, the Torah of life and love of kindness, righteousness, blessing, compassion, life, and peace.