NOTE: This blessing is recited only on the first night or the first time one kindles the Hanukkah lights.
In English: Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has kept us alive, and has preserved us, and enabled us to reach this time.In Sfaradi/Modern Israeli (Transliterated Hebrew): Barukh Atta Adonay Eloheynu Melekh Ha-olam She-hekheyanu Ve-kiymanu Ve-higgi’anu La-zzman Ha-zze.