how many candles for hanukkah
Report Abuse. There is one candle that is the 'helper' cadle, used for lighting the candles each night. There are 8 days. On the first night the helper is lit plus one, on the 2nd the helper plus 2 to represent the 2nd night and so on. On the last day, the helper is lit, which is used to light the rest of the 8 candles to represent the 8th day.