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The Havdalah Ceremony


By Naftali Silberberg
The entire Havdalah ceremony in detail.

Reader Comments
Posted: May 2, 2008
Is it a minhag to let the wine spill over the top?If so, what's the basis / source for this?
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: May 2, 2008
Re: Overflowing Cup
It is customary to fill the havdalah cup until it overflows its rim. This is symbolic of the overflowing cup of blessings we wish for in the upcoming week.

-- Taken from Havdalah Information
Posted By Naftali Silberberg (Author)

Posted: Nov 16, 2008
havdalah
"Traditionally, women don't drink of the leftover wine in the havdalah cup."

i did not know this... why not?
Posted By Omri

Posted: Nov 17, 2008
To Omri
Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz (known as the Shalah) explains that according to many, the Tree of Knowledge was actually a grape vine. Since Eve’s squeezing of those grapes for Adam to partake caused separation (of good and evil) in the world, women do not drink the grape-wine of separation (Havdalah).
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

Posted: Nov 3, 2009
Women and Havdalah
What should a woman on her own do then about making Havdalah - drink the wine or not?
Posted By Anonymous, South Fremantle, WA

Posted: Nov 4, 2009
Re: Women and Havdalah
A woman making havdalah should certainly drink the wine or grape juice.
Posted By Naftali Silberberg (Author)

Posted: Apr 17, 2010
Havdallah without wine
A woman I knew would make havdallah on orange juice. Is there an issue with orange juice as there might be with wine for women? And does she recite havdallah with candle and fragrant spices as well? I follow Chabad customs, but this I have confusion on.
Posted By Chani, Montreal, Canada

Posted: Apr 18, 2010
I know it's the Jewish was to have a multitude of opnions, but....as these two are so opposed to each other, could Naftali Silberberg and Menachem Posner please put your heads together and give me one answer about women and drinking the Havdalah wine? (see below)
Posted By Anonymous, south Fremantle, australia

Posted: Apr 19, 2010
Women and Havdalah Wine
While there is the age-old custom of women not partaking in the havdalah wine, in the event that she makes havdalah for herself, she most certainly should drink it (Mishnah Berurah 296:35).

In addition, she can/should recite the blessing over the spices. Concerning the blessing on the candles, the Mishnah Berurah (ibid) rules that she need not say it. However, common practice is that she does recite this blessing as well (Ketzot Hashulchan vol. 3. chapter 96 footnote 12).
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

 


Havdalah and the Conclusion of Shabbat
With the Conclusion of Shabbat
Havdalah Information
The Incense and Candle
The Havdalah Ceremony
After Havdalah -- Melaveh Malkah
Holiday Havdalah

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