In this 18 min. lecture, Rabbi Yosef Shusterman, renowned Chabad rabbi and authority on Jewish law and Hassidut, gives an
This video describes how to light the Friday evening Shabbat candles according to the Orthodox Ashkenazi tradition. In addition to the recitation
The following video from Jewish Online Guides, an educational initiative by The United Synagogue, explores the lighting of the Shabbat
In this short, informative video, Rabbi Michael Laitner offers both historical and spiritual explanations for the Shabbat evening candle lighting and
The following article describes the practice of giving tzedakah (charity) before lighting the Shabbat evening candles, along with an explanation
This article explains how lighting Shabbat candles brings peace and harmony into the home, both practically and symbolically, and why this
In this excerpt from the book “Burning Lights: A Unique Double Portrait of Russia,” Bella Chagall describes a detailed accounting
The following video offers a wordless demonstration of women lighting the Shabbat candles from Canaan (the biblical reference for Ancient
This karaoke video demonstrates how to light the Shabbat candles, including subtitles in Hebrew as well as the translation and transliteration
This audio clip (the second track on the album, “Sacred Services from Israel”), demonstrates an operatic version of the blessing over
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