My previous post sent me looking up the words "Shabbat Candle." I knew "Shabbat" meant Sabbath, but I did not know about the tradition of lighting the Sabbath Candle every week. (This is separate from Chanukah.)
Apparently, the timing of the lighting the Shabbat candle is very important. There are even websites dedicated to stating the proper time depending on where you are on a specific date anywhere in the world. The proper time is eighteen minutes before sundown on Friday night. Once the Shabbat candles are lit, the Sabbath begins, and it does not end until sundown the following day.
There is much more to the tradition, and it is quite meaningful. So, I will definitely write more about it in the future.
Until then, I found this article particularly enlightening - Shabbat Candles: Shedding light on the day of rest.
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