Candle Lighting

Lighting of the Candles

As we talked about, the order of the Seder is a large part of what makes the Seder so significant.  Therefore we will kick off the seder as we are meant to do, the same way we start Shabbat, with the lighting of the candles.  As Sir Elton John told us in the 1997 hit,  Candle in the Wind, " Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did."  We light the candles to begin the seder and remember the legend of the Passover that has continued on from generation to generation.  

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav, v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Yom Tov.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has sanctified us with laws and commanded us to light the festival lights.

As we light the festival candles, we think about the sanctity of the Seder and what we are beginning to partake in.


haggadah Section: Introduction