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This post presents the blessing for lighting the Shabbat candles on Friday night, both in its traditional format (i.e. with

In this sweet seven-minute home video a young girl receives a silver Shabbat candlestick in a package in the mail from her grandparents

The following video offers a wordless demonstration of women lighting the Shabbat candles from Canaan (the biblical reference for Ancient

In this excerpt from the book “Burning Lights: A Unique Double Portrait of Russia,” Bella Chagall describes a detailed accounting

This video, by Rabbi Janet Ross Marder, describes how to light the Shabbat evening candles, with a focus on bringing

The following poem, “Blessed is the Match” by Hannah Senesh, describes the human soul as analogous to a match that is

This video demonstrates how to light the Shabbat candles and recite the blessing according to the Reform tradition. In the first

These poetic quotes from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel describe the moment when Shabbat arrives, bringing with it an atmosphere of light, peace,

The following excerpt from the article “Truth Stands the Test of Time” explains how the Shabbat candles are symbolic of

The following excerpt is a translation and explanation of a Hasidic text relating to Shabbat candle lighting, from The Sabbath Soul: Mystical