Sarah’s Light: The Candles that Never Waned

This enlightening article explores the age old connection between Jewish women and Shabbat candles, explaining references to the Matriarch, Sarah, lighting Shabbat candles in the Torah and Midrash. The article delves into the tradition that both Sarah and Rivkah’s Shabbat candles miraculously remained lit from one week to the next. Relevant to anyone looking for historical and spiritual background to the ritual, this article is from FridayLight, part of the campaign of Chabad-Lubavitch movement to encourage Jewish women and girls all over the world to light Shabbat candles each week.