Question: Usually, I drive a half-mile to shul on Friday at around candle lighting time. I usually just take boys with me. If my girls (under bas mitzvah and…
Question: Usually, I drive a half-mile to shul on Friday at around candle lighting time. I usually just take boys with me. If my girls (under bas mitzvah and…
Question: When lighting Shabbos candles, and the flame on the match goes out before finishing to light all the candles, what is the best way to light the remainder…
Question Continued: She would like to light candles before my son's bedtime so that he can watch her lighting. Answer: Yes - as long as the candles are…
Question: I am thinking about using beeswax candles for Shabbos in the month of Elul as a hiddur. I found candles on Amazon that are made from beeswax and…
There is a disagreement whether in this case she is required to light another candle. Usually, we recommend in such a case just to add a candle for one…
Q. I want to try lighting Shabbos lights with olive oil. Would I be able to go back to lighting candles? A. You should verbalize that you don't want…
Question: This Friday my wife won’t be at home to light. She’s usually lights 5 candles. How should I light in the house? Just 2 or 5 like what…
The Rebbe stated that bachurim should not get involved in Mivtza Neshek (Shabbat candle campaign). Rather, it is their duty to encourage female family members (grandmothers, sisters or aunts)…
Question: On my Mivtzoim route someone goes home from work after Shabbos starts. Should I give him Shabbos candles to light at work? Also, a woman on my Mivtzoim route finishes work…
In Shulchan Oruch, bringing in Shabbos early is regarded as a noble practice. Nevertheless, in 770, Shabbos was never brought in early, and it is common practice in Chabad…
ת. חייבים להדליק בברכה בבית מלון. מקורות: שוע”ר סי’ רסג ס”ט כשאינו אצל אשתו אינו נפטר בברכת אשתו, כשיש לו חדר מיוחד שם במקום שמתארח. מה שכתבו פוסקי זמננו…
Can a photo be taken while we are lighting but before the Bracha is over? I was planning to light about a half hour early to make sure there…
Question: Is it permissible L'Chatchila to place before Shabbos a Challah or a Siddur on the tray on which the Shabbos candles are resting, so that after the candles…
If you missed lighting Shabbos candles one week, you should light one extra candle at least one time. Sources: באופן שכבר הדליקו בבית נרות ממש, כיון שאינה מחוייבת…
Question: My 4 year old daughter usually goes to sleep around 7pm. It is not an issue to light the candles earlier for shabbos after plag. We don't light…
Question: Based on what the Alter Rebbe writes in his Siddur is one allowed (lechatchila/bedieved) to do melacha Erev Shabbos during the 4 minutes between שקיעה הניראית and שקיעה…
האם אפשרי להדליק נרות שבת עם מצית חשמלי כזה?
לינק של המצית. תשובה: אינני יודע איך בדיוק פועל המכשיר הזה. אבל גם אם בשעת הורדת האצבע נכבית השלהבת מיד אפשר להקל להשתמש בו גם לפי מה שנהגו…
One should make a fire and burn all the leftover oil and wicks used for the Menorah. (This does not include the oil that is still in the bottle)…
No. המנהג הובא בשוע"ר סי' רסג, ה, אך ראה הגהות לסידור רבינו הזקן ע׳ כח. ומשמע שם שזוהי הוראת אדה״ז והצ״צ. וראה הנסמן בקיצור דיני ומנהגי נש״ק ה,…
Yes. Sources: ראה סימן רסג סעיף ד ואדה"ז סעיפים ו-ז. ובפי׳ מיד - קו"א ס"ק ב. וכנראה הכניסו אדה״ז במוסגר כיון דמספקא לי׳ או שהוא חידוש מד״ע. וראה תהלה…
Question: My wife will be away for Shabbos and light candles where she is. I will be eating at home together with my children. Is the candle that my…
There is a Minhag to drop the match right after lighting the candles. The reason for this custom is because the woman accepts Shabbos as soon as she finishes…
Yes. See halacha2go.com #354 regarding changing children in front of Shabbos candles. Sources: פסחים קיב, ב. באה״ט או״ח ערה י. דרישה שם א. א״ר שם יד. תוספת שבת…
The implication of the Alter Rebbe is to put them on the table, but I saw that the Arizal (referenced in the Ketzos Hashulchan) recommends not putting them directly…
Question: My grandmother recently started requiring someone to be in the house with her 24/7 as she has a very strong asthma condition. For now, my mother is doing…
