Lighting Candles, Part I Just to recap a bit, we talked about the 3 mitzvot Hashem gave us women, namely, 1. Separating Challah, 2. Shabbat Candle Lighting, and 3. Laws of Niddah (Family Purity). We also talked about Sara Emanu, the first mother, and the miracles that occured because she observed these mitzvot very carefully, BEFORE the giving of the Torah (for nobody had to keep the mitzvot of ...

Lighting Candles Part 2 Hello everyone! If you have not read part 1 of Shabbat Candle Lighting, I would recomend you read it first, http://come.to/tcws Last time we talked how the ner (candle) represents our neshama (soul), our intellect, and without light we cannot see, there is no clarity, no relationship to the other objects in the room. Spiritually, without light (Torah learning), we don't ...

Shabbat Candles Part IIIB - Summary Hello everyone. Firstly, I must appologize for not sending out shiurim in September and October. Between school starting, all the holidays, and then not being well for the last two weeks, that took up most of my time. G-d willing, there will not be a long gap like that again. A quick note before I continue, I have added several mikvahs to the mivkah list on ...