Shabbat Chic: Shabbat Candlelighting Is For Everybody

3/4/11

Shabbat Candlelighting Is For Everybody

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A Small Sanctuary

Although many Jewish men and women don’t take the time to perform this ritual at home, the Shabbat (Sabbath) candle-lighting ritual represents one of the quickest and easiest, and, therefore, practical spiritual practices I know. You need only clear off the kitchen or dining room table, place a pretty table cloth upon it to prepare your “temple” for Shabbat, or the Sabbath. Even a few small actions will create a mikdash ma’at, a small sanctuary, in your home on Erev Shabbat, the evening Shabbat begins...
Nina Amir