Candle Lighting: To light (a match, etc.)  توليع "tawlii3" Candles   شمعات    "šam3aat"

(all sing the blessing together)

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-Olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik neir shel (Shabbat v'shel) Yom Tov.
You are Blessed, O Source, Spirit of the World, who makes us holy with mitzvot and commands us to kindle the light of (Shabbat and of) the festival day.

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-Olam shehecheyanu v'kiy'manu v'higianu laz'man hazeh.


haggadah Section: Introduction