Episode 52: Shabbat at Home - the Candles
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Shabbat at Home: the Candles
This week, in our first episode of our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana, Ellen, & Josh explore lighting the Shabbat candles. Topics include why we light, different melodies used for the blessing, and what this blessing sparks in us. Plus, we listen to our favorite songs about lighting Shabbat candles!
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(1:03) Shabbatot - שבתות - Sabbaths
(3:35) Shavuah tov - שבוע טוב - Learn more about Havdalah here
(5:47) Insight Timer
(7:07) Olam Habah - עולם הבא - the World to Come - learn more here
(9:27) Mikdash Me’at - מקדש מאת - A Small Temple. Learn more here
(10:43) Parshat Terumah - פרשת תרומה - learn more here
(10:48) Asu Li Mikdash V’Shachanti B’Tocham - וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ - And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25:8)
(11:53) Kohanim and Levim - כוהנים ולווים - learn more here
(12:21) Shechina - שכינה - Feminine indwelling presence of the Holy One in this world. Learn more here
(12:29) Shechunah - שכונה -neighborhood
(13:03) “The women are worshiping their own gods…little asheras” - source?
(13:47) Fiddler on the Roof
(14:44) Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'zivanu l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת.
Baruch Atah Adonai, our G?d, Sovereign of time and space, who has provided us with a path to holiness through the observance of mitzvot, and has instructed us to kindle the Shabbat lights. (Translation from Siddur Lev Shalem)
(15:30) Listen to our previous Light Lab episode “Pool of Blessings” here
(17:50) Listen to “Hollow Bamboo” by Billy Jonas here
(18:08) Listen to our previous episode with Rabbi Jill Hammer here
(18:32) Halacha - הלכה - Jewish law. Learn more here
(19:29) Tzav - צו- connection (aramaic root)
(20:40) Learn more about Song Leader Boot Camp (SLBC) here
(21:41) Read “The Path of Blessings” by Marcia Prager here
(22:39) Parshiot - פרשיות - weekly Torah portion. Learn more here
(22:45) Tanach - תנ”ך - the Hebrew Bible. Learn more here
(23:05) Sefirat Haomer - ספירת העומר - Counting the Omer. Learn more here
(25:54) “Liberation is freedom with commitments”?
(26:31) The Good Place
(26:37) Three types of mitzvot:
Bein adam l’atzmo - בין אדם לעצמו - commitments to yourself (personal)
Bein adam l’chavero - בין אדם לחברו - commitments between people (moral)
Bein adam l’makom - בין אדם למקום - commitments to G?d
(29:44) Lehair - להאיר - to illuminate
(29:56) Delek - דלק - fuel
(30:02) Ner - נר - candle. Nerot - נרות - candles
(31:31) Deracheha
(31:32) Rabbanit Leah Sarna
(32:05) Oneg Shabbat - עונג שבת - joy of Shabbat. Learn more here
(32:09) Shalom Bayit - שלום בית - peace in the home. Learn more here
(32:20) Ner elohim nishmat adam - נר אלהים נשמת אדם - the light the Holy One is the soul of a person (Proverbs 20:28)
(33:23) Raavia I Shabbat 199
(33:59) Shamor and Zachor - שמור וזכור - Keep and remember (the mitzvah of Shabbat)
(35:07) Rabbi Abraham Twerski
(35:54) Ma'alin bakodesh v'ein moridin - מעלים בקודש ואין מורידין - we’re always trying to elevate in holiness
(37:17) Watch Rabbi Scott Perlo’s ELI Talk here
(40:07) Baruch Hu Baruch Shemo - ברוך הוא וברוך שמו - Blessed is G?d and Blessed is G?d’s Holy Name
(40:31) Kavanah - כוונה - intention
(41:49) B’nai Jeshurun
(41:54) Tot Shabbat - Shabbat celebration designed for young children and their parents
(43:49) Stacy Beyer
(46:48) Listen to “Bring in the Light” by Elana Jagoda here.
(47:20) Listen to “Let Us Light These Lights” by Debbie Friedman here
(47:45) Techines - תיכנס - private Yiddish devotions and prayers primarily recited by women. Learn more here
(48:30) Listen to “Bo’i Kallah” by Aviva Chernick here
(48:33) Read the poem “Sabbath Queen” by Chaim Nachman Bialik here