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The following article, How to Light Shabbat Candles, by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, Richard Siegel and Sharon Strassfeld, discusses both the

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