Shabbat candles (Hebrew: נרות שבת) are candles lit on Friday evening before sunset to usher in the Jewish Sabbath.[1] Lighting Shabbat candles is a rabbinically mandated law.[2] Candle-lighting is traditionally done by the woman of the household,[3] but every Jew is obligated to either light or ensure that candles are lit on their behalf.[4]
In Yiddish, lighting the candles is known as licht bentschen ("light-blessing") or licht tsinden ("light-kindling").
- ^ Shabbat Candles, Feminine Light
- ^ Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 263:2
- ^ [1]Jewish Virtual Library, Shabbat
- ^ "Arukh HaShulchan, Orach Chaim 263:5". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.