Preparations for Shabbat on Erev Shabbat
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Question
Regarding Shabbat for all sorts of reasons:
if I get home from work very close to the beginning of Shabbat, what is the most important thing to manage before anything else?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
The most important thing before Shabbat is lighting the candles.
It is a mitzvah to light candles before the beginning of Shabbat, that is, before sunset [the sun going down below the horizon] on Friday.
One should recite the blessing over the lighting: ברוך אתה ה' אלוהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבת.
The custom is to light two candles.
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