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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 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

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

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

In the following excerpt from Wendy I. Zierler’s article, “Shedding Feminist Light on the Sabbath Candles,” Zierler explores the possibility

This audio clip (the second track on the album, “Sacred Services from Israel”), demonstrates an operatic version of the blessing over