shabbat
A Multi-Generational Blessing Over the Children
This post describes the way in which one family includes all four generations present at their Shabbat table when performing
Blessing One’s Parents on Friday Night
This ritual is for children of all ages who wish to “turn the tables” and bless their parents on Shabbat.
Turn Your Home into a Temple with the Blessing Over the Children
This short article demonstrates how to say the Friday night blessing over the children in English, explaining that because this ritual includes
Post-Candle Lighting “Tkhine”: An 18th Century Prayer
This short “tkhine” (supplication) is a para-liturgical prayer that is meant to be recited by women just after lighting Shabbat candles,
“If I Let It” – Poem Preceding Shabbat Candle Lighting
This short poem by Trisha Arlin provides a “kavanah,” – a direction in which to focus one’s attention – to be
Shabbat Candle Lighting with Masculine and Feminine God-Language
This post presents the blessing for lighting the Shabbat candles on Friday night, both in its traditional format (i.e. with
Shabbat Candle Lighting Blessing in ASL
This video demonstrates how to sign the Shabbat candle lighting blessing in American Sign Language, which is especially helpful for those
Lighting Candles: A ‘How-to’ for Kids
This karaoke video demonstrates how to light the Shabbat candles, including subtitles in Hebrew as well as the translation and transliteration
Humanist Liturgy for Lighting Shabbat Candles
This Shabbat candle lighting ceremony was composed by Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Typical of this movement, founded
A Woman Before God: Candle Lighting Throughout the Generations
This article discusses the strong feminine aspect of the candle lighting ritual, including how various traditions which have been handed down