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Candle Lighting
Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat and Holidays
Lost your calendar? Traveling? Stranded for Shabbat? No matter the case, this handy tool can tell you what time to light Shabbat candles almost anywhere in the world.
Candle Lighting Wizard
Candle Lighting Wizard
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You Complete The Circle
You Complete The Circle
The Power of Lighting Shabbat Candles
Like a child who might occasionally ask her father if he loves her as much as her sister, we might wonder at times how much G‑d loves and values us, as individuals, amongst millions of others...
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Oil, Wick, Vessel, Flame
Oil, Wick, Vessel, Flame
The wick would flare and die. The oil is difficult to ignite at all. But when brought together in the lamp, they produce a steady flame. And so it is in the of the "a lamp of G-d" that is our soul
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Three Levels of Femininity
Three Levels of Femininity
A Kabbalistic Understanding of Candlelighting
It is in the power of women to ignite the souls of all human beings—to be the catalyst for their emerging out of spiritual dormancy and to become beautiful expressive flames that rises upwards toward their Creator.
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A Missed Opportunity
A Missed Opportunity
Everything had changed. What was holy and productive one minute, was negative and destructive the next. It is not just about the action, it is about the timing...
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The Long Overdue Shabbos Candles
The Long Overdue Shabbos Candles
How the Mumbai Tragedy Motivated Me to Action
So why was I there? How did I fit into this picture, and what was I going to do to ensure that I was making my contribution to our community and our nation?
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Shades of Light
Shades of Light
The single wicks of the Shabbat candles, exuding calmness, repose and homeliness; the braided torch accompanying the departing queen, lighting the darkness that becomes more marked in her absence...
Hanging By a Wick
Hanging By a Wick
I attended Catholic school, and I was instructed by my parents not to believe anything they taught me but to follow along. To say the least, I was a spiritually confused child...
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Shalom Shabbat
Shalom Shabbat
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
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A Trick of the Eye
A Trick of the Eye
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...
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Just Coffee
Just Coffee
A Shabbat Insight
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...
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Fight the Darkness
Fight the Darkness
Keep Rivkah's Flame Alive with the Lighting of Yours...
Take on the mitzvah of lighting Shabbat candles each Friday night to keep Rivkah’s light aflame and illuminate the world with her trademark warmth and peace.

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