The Text of "Hanerot Halalu"
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Question
What is the appropriate text to recite for "Hanerot Halalu"?
Answer
The later authorities wrote that in the text of "Hanerot Halalu" there should be 36 words (excluding the words "Hanerot Halalu," which appear twice and are not included in the count).
According to this, the text is as follows [and not as printed in the siddurim]:
"Hanerot Halalu anu madlikin al ha-teshuot ve-al ha-nisim ve-al ha-niflaot, she-asita la-avoteinu al yedei kohanecha ha-kedoshim, ve-kol shmonat yemei Chanukah hanerot halalu kodesh, ve-ein lanu reshut lehishtamesh bahem ela lirotan bilvad kedei lehodot lishmecha al niflotecha ve-al nisecha ve-al yeshuatecha" (based on Masechet Sofrim, Chapter 20, Halacha 4).