It might be that the custom for unmarried girls to light Shabbat candles finds its origin in the Torah itself. We are told that Sara Imeinu’s Shabbat candles would miraculously burn from one ...

It is customary in most Jewish communities to light Sabbath candles 18 minutes before sundown. The Talmud (Shabbat 23b) records a conversation between fifth-century scholar Rav Yosef and his wife ...

We wonder how the Jewish people could have endured if ... “The glory of Shabbat is its candles. If you light the Shabbat candles, I will show you the candles of Zion.... It will not be necessary ...

Jeff Lewis, 71, had about 100 boxes of books with him when he moved to the Valley from California more than a decade ago.

The lighting of candles, or oil, plays a central role in Jewish life. Shabbat and festivals commence with the lighting of candles and Shabbat concludes with the lighting of a candle, we light ...

As we light our Shabbat candles, we commit ourselves to the Jewish vision of bringing light and life into this world. We recommit to the light of the Jewish people, bringing illumination to our ...

Dressed in my Shabbat clothes ... I hope it also spreads a little of the same light throughout the Jewish world. Two candles stand in tall, modern, hammered metal candlesticks; the other four ...

was an act of profound Jewish faith. I struggled: Should I rush back to prepare for services, or drop by another home to light Shabbat candles with a family who had just returned after an evacuation?

Celebrations include various menorah lightings – ranging from 9-foot-tall community menorahs to your own personal candles ... including menorah lighting and shabbat dinner ...

Honor Jewish culture by reading Jewish books with Jewish main characters! These fictional children's books fill a much-needed gap in children's literature because there just hasn't been enough Jewish ...