Hello, and welcome to our new format!
We have been learning about lighting Shabbat candles.
We have already pointed out that lighting Shabbat candles may be understood as a function of enjoying Shabbat (as quoted in Mishneh Berurah), or of honoring Shabbat (as the Rambam declared).
A third view maintains that lighting Shabbat candles incorporates both elements, honoring Shabbat and creating enjoyment. Lighting where one eats the Shabbat meal creates honor for the day; lighting in other parts of the home provides enjoyment, for we can more easily move about our homes.
This helps explain why candle-lighting, unique among all of the acts we perform to prepare for Shabbat, has its own blessing.
(Aruch haShulchan, Orach Chaim 263:1-2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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