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Rebbetzin Rivkah Denburg   More articles...  |   RSS Listing of Newest Articles by this Author

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Posted: Nov 10, 2008
Re: Where is it written...?
Lighting a Shabbat candle is an essential part of Shabbat, because Shabbat is a day of delight, and nobody enjoys sitting in the dark! Since you can't light a fire on Shabbat, the woman of the house would always light the lamp before Shabbat began. In later times, the rabbis made this a formal obligation, quite likely so that people would not try to skimp on oil and say they were enjoying Shabbat when they weren't.

That's the story in a nutshell. A longer response is in the works and will be posted soon, G_d willing, on this site. Stay tuned.
Posted By An Editor

Posted: Nov 6, 2008
shabbat candles
I would like to know where does Torah specifies to light candles on Shabbat. Thank You and Shalom.
Posted By Janet , Naples, fl

Posted: Sep 14, 2008
Shabbat Candles
Lighting Shabbat candles is one of the seven rabbinic commandments.
Posted By Chani Benjaminson, chabad.org



 

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