menorahs and Hannukah

Hanukkah is a nine-branch candelabrum that we light according to Jewish tradition on Hanukkah evening. We light Chanukia during the eight nights of Hanukkah and the eighth evening we light a total of nine candles, eight candles for Khannouka and a candle for Shamash. The Chamash is a candle like the others that is lit a little aside or a little higher than other candles to be differentiated.