Blessing on lighting Shabbat candles for a guest
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Topic: lighting Shabbat candles
Question: If I am a guest at friends or family – who should light the candles, me or the hostess?
Topic: lighting Shabbat candles
Question: If I am a guest at friends or family – who should light the candles, me or the hostess?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
Both the guest and the hostess light candles.
According to Ashkenazi custom, they both recite the blessing over the lighting.
According to the custom of women from Sephardi/Eastern communities, only the hostess recites the blessing. The guest listens to the blessing, answers “amen,” and lights without a blessing.
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