Friday Night Shabbat Rituals: The Blessing For Lighting The Shabbat Candles
Friday Night Shabbat Rituals: The Blessing For Lighting The Shabbat Candles
Friday Night Shabbat Rituals: The Blessing For Lighting The Shabbat Candles
shalom aleichem
Peace be to you, ministering angels, Shalom aleichem, malachei hashareit,
messengers of the Most High, the supreme malachei elyon, mimelech malchei
Sovereign, the Holy and Blessed One. ham'lachim, hakadosh baruch hu.
May you come in peace, messengers of the Boachem l'shalom, malachei hashalom,
Most High, the supreme Sovereign, the malachei elyon, mimelech malchei
Holy and Blessed One. ham'lachim, hakadosh baruch hu.
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech
universe, who sanctifies us with mitzvot and takes haolam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'ratzah
delight in us. vanu, v'Shabbat kodsho b'ahavah uv'ratzon
hinchilanu, zikaron l'maaseih v'reishit.
In love and favor, God made the holy Shabbat, our
heritage as a reminder of the work of Creation. Ki hu yom t'chilah l'mikra-ei kodesh,
zeicher litziat Mitzrayim.
It is first among our sacred days, and a
remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt. Ki vanu vacharta, v'otanu kidashta,
mikol haamim.
O God, You have chosen us and set us apart from
all the peoples, and in love and favor have given V'Shabbat kodsh'cha b'ahavah
us the Sabbath day as a sacred inheritance. uv'ratzon hinchaltanu.