If other people are present, pass the spices Now pick up the spices in your right hand, and recite the following blessing:īaruch ata Adonoy, Eloheinu melech ha-olam,īlessed are You, God, King of the Universe,Īfter reciting the above blessing, smell the spices. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָםīaruch ata Adonoy, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, Borei peri ha-gafen.īlessed are You, God, King of the Universe, Who creates the fruit of the vine. While you are still holding the wine cup in the same hand, recite the following blessing (Skip the first line if you are making Havdallah alone): I will raise the cup of salvations and invoke the name of God. "The Jews had radiance and happiness, joy and honor." So may it be for us. God, save us may the King answer us on the day we call. Lord of Hosts, happy is the man who trusts in You. The Lord of Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is a refuge for us, Selah. Salvation belongs to God may Your blessings be upon Your people, Selah. You shall draw water with joy from the wells of salvation. Indeed, God is my strength and my song and He has become my salvation. Kos yeshuos esa, uve-sheim Adonoy ekra.īehold God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid. La-yehudim hay'esa ora ve-simcha, ve-sason vikar. Adonoy tzeva'os, ashrei adam botei'ach bach, Adonoy hoshiah, ha-melech ya'aneinu ve-yom kareinu. Adonoy tzeva'os imanu, misgav lanu Elohei Ya'akov selah. La'Adonoy ha-yeshuah, al amecha bircha-secha selah. Ushav'tem mayim be-sasson mi-ma'ainei ha-yeshuah. Hineih Eil yeshuasi, evtach ve-lo efchad, ki azi ve-zimras Yah Adonoy, va-yehi li lishu'ah. Hold the wine cup in the palm of your right hand (or in your left hand if you are a "lefty") and recite the following paragraph: Make sure you have spices available - we typically use cloves, but check with a Rabbi if you want to use a different spice. Light the Havdalah candle (a braided candle with at least two wicks, or two candles held with their flames touching each other). (Click here to print these words on a pocket-sized card.)įill a kiddush cup with either wine or grape juice, until the liquid overflows a bit onto the plate below. This will allow you to do the weekday activities necessary to prepare for Havdallah:īlessed is the One Who separates between the sacred and the mundane. When the time for the end of Shabbos has passed, recite the following words. It is a time to think about how we will carry over the spirituality we gained on Shabbos into the activities we will do in the coming week. Havdallah extends the holiness of Shabbos into the week. We extinguish the candle into the wine to conclude the ceremony, as a final moment of “goodbye” to Shabbat. With the singing of Shavua Tov and Eliyahu haNavi we wish each other a “good week” to come and long for a day when Shabbat won’t need to end at all!ĭownload a printable version of these blessings.Just as we welcome the Shabbos Queen in with Kiddush, we escort the Shabbos Queen away with the Havdallah ceremony. The light, the wine, and spices all come together to help us carry Shabbat with us through the week until the next Shabbat. We light a multi-wicked candle – which symbolizes how our busy separate selves come together on Shabbat. We pass a spice box (full of cinnamon or another sweet smelling spice) – which symbolizes the lingering scent of the sweetness of Shabbat. We drink from a cup of wine – which symbolizes the joy we experienced on Shabbat. The service can take place in the home, in synagogue or in a group. A beautiful ritual, it’s a brief ceremony that uses four elements to mark the moment we sadly say goodbye to the beauty of Shabbat, and pledge to carry its gifts into the week to come. Havdalah is a Hebrew word that means “separation” and is the ritual that ends Shabbat, separating it from the start of the new week.
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