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Candle Lighting Reflections

Women reflect on their experiences of lighting Shabbat and holiday candles


		Just Coffee A Shabbat Insight By Elana Mizrahi Friday afternoon rolls around and I unplug my phones, shut down my computer and as I light the Shabbat candles and welcome the holy day of rest, I suddenly find myself connected... 2 Comments



		Shalom Shabbat By Rivkah Slonim In the endless conflict between earth and spirit, sheer weight often wins out. Shabbat is a reunion with our inner selves, a return to the primal oneness of our souls 16 Comments



		Friday Night Lights by Hadassah Milner She strikes the match, Her concentration as intense as the flame. As the candle wicks flare Her heart fills with joy. 3 Comments



		A Trick of the Eye By Tzvia Eisenberg Suddenly I saw a kaleidoscope-like view of all the individual candles, but they were no longer individuals. Each flame had burst into a circle of light, glowing within itself while extending outward... 2 Comments



		It's all in the Packaging By Chana Weisberg "Tell me honestly, don't you ever feel Orthodoxy is unfair in its treatment of women? Aren't the Rabbis degrading to women?" 1 Comment



		My Mother’s Candle for Me By Abraham J. Twerski One of the lights Mother kindled each Friday night was for me. The full impact of this message did not occur to me until many years later... 4 Comments



		The Towers of Light By Yosef Zaklos Like many great feats, the towers didn’t go up easily. It was the culmination of decades of political wrangling and years of laborious construction. 1 Comment

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