CANDLE LIGHTING
Bracha is in Hebrew, Transliteration & English
FRIDAY NIGHT
SHABBAS
- Close your eyes
- Make a circular motion 3 times with each hand starting
in front of you, having
the fingers almost touch in the middle & then coming close to your face
HEBREW
Hebrew is read from right to left
The " means you should say Adonai
In English this means G-d
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת.
TRANSLTERATION
Baw'ruch ah'taw Adonai Eloh'heinu melech haw'olam
asher
kidi'shanu b'mitz'vose'sahv v'tzi'vonu
l’hod'lick
ner shel Shabbas
ENGLISH
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, king of the universe
Who has sanctified us with His commandments & commanded us
to light the lights of Shabbas
OPTIONAL
The paragraph that starts with "Yehi Ratzone"
that can usually be found in a siddur
below the bracha for lighting Shabbas candles
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
FOR BLIND WOMEN
If there is a male over Bar Mitzvah
in the house that can see
a blind women can light candles with a bracha
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