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Jewish Sabbath Lights

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 14, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 15.

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Jewish Sabbath Lights

ONE of the time-honored ceremonies of Jewish domestic life, the act devolving exclusively upon the mothers in Israel, is that connected with the blessing of the Sabbath lights.
On the eve of the Sabbath or festival, just as the shadows of the night are approaching, the Jewish matron prepares her Sabbath candles in silver candlesticks — generally heirlooms — and after they are lit announces with outstretched palms a blessing upon the Sabbath lights, in order to keep the light of the departing week-day from view, so that upon the removal of her hands she can immediately greet the refulgent light of the Sabbath — typical of joy, and purity, and rest.—Hebrew Standard.