Tosefet Shabbat (Early Acceptance of Shabbat)
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Question
Is there any value or mitzvah in accepting Shabbat 10 minutes before the candle-lighting time of Jerusalem? Or, on the contrary, is this problematic?
And what is the advantage of having the table set while it is still daytime?
And what is the advantage of having the table set while it is still daytime?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
One may accept Shabbat early, up to an hour and a quarter before sunset.
Those who light the candles more than 40 minutes before sunset are obligated to accept Shabbat at the time of lighting, and they cannot stipulate that they are not accepting Shabbat with the lighting (since it is not close to the actual onset of Shabbat).
There is a mitzvah to accept Shabbat early and to add from the weekday to the holy day.
It is a mitzvah to prepare the home before Shabbat; by doing so one shows the desire to enter Shabbat as early as possible.
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