CANDLE LIGHTING

An agunah lighting candles is inspirational
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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