Kabbalat Shabbat

Shabbat is the beloved day of rest, that begins Friday night at sundown and lasts until Saturday at sundown. In observing Shabbat the Jewish people are following the Torah by working six days a week and resting on the seventh.

Kabbalat Shabbat, the Receiving of Shabbat, is a Friday evening service that welcomes the incoming Shabbat…Kabbalat Shabbat is composed of six psalms, representing the six week-days. Next comes the poem Lekha Dodi. Kabbalat Shabbat is concluded by Psalm 92 and Psalm 93. Many add a study section here, including Bameh Madlikin and Amar rabbi El’azar and the concluding Kaddish deRabbanan and is then followed by the Maariv service.

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candles are lit by the woman of the house no later than eighteen minutes before Shabbat begins .

There are at least two candles lit, one reminds us to remember the Shabbat and the second reminds us to honor the Shabbat, the two versions of the fourth commandment .After lighting, she waves her hands over the candles, welcoming in the Shabbat. Then she covers her eyes, so as not to see the candles before reciting the following blessing:

” ברוך אתה ה’ אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבת  ”

” Blessed are you, Lord, our God, king of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the candles of Shabbat ”

The hands are then removed from the eyes, and the woman looks at the candles, completing the mitzvah of lighting the candles.

and then we can say – shabbat shalom!!!

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