| Lighting
candles for Rosh Hashana
Girls and
all women that are in the house (or if there isn't a woman in the house,
the head of the household), should light candles 18
minutes before sunset, and recite the following blessings:
Blessings
for 1st night
1) Blessed are You, L-rd, our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified
us with His commandments and has commanded us to light the candle of Shabbat
and of the Day of Remembrance.
Ba-ruch
A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam Asher Ki-deshanu Be-mitzvo-tav
Ve-tzvi-vanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Shabbat veShel Yom Hazikaron.
2) Blessed
are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us life,
sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.
Ba-ruch
A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam She-heche-ya-nu Ve-ki-yi-ma-nu
Ve-higi-a-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh
Blessings
for 2nd night
Note: Candles must be kindled only after the end
of Shabbat, the candles should be lit from a pre-existing flame, (such
as from a pilot flame or a flame prepared on September 6 before the onset
of the holiday), as on the holiday one is not allowed to create a new
flame.
1) Blessed
are You, L-rd, our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with
His commandments and has commanded us to light the candle of the Day of
Remembrance.
Ba-ruch
A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam Asher Ki-deshanu Be-mitzvo-tav
Ve-tzvi-vanu Le-hadlik Ner Shel Yom Hazikaron.
2) Blessed
are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us life,
sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.
Ba-ruch
A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-olam She-heche-ya-nu Ve-ki-yi-ma-nu
Ve-higi-a-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh.
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