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Shabbat Blessings

For those looking for a quick, easy reference to guide them through the Friday night Shabbat blessings, this resource is for you!

Our handy Shabbat Blessings, in an easy-to-print PDF format, includes the blessings over the candles, wine and challah, plus the family blessings, all in Hebrew and transliteration, with traditional and alternative translations as well.

Not sure how to pronounce the Hebrew? Read along, in transliteration or in Hebrew, and listen to each blessing:

  • Candles:
  • Family Blessings:
    • For boys:
    • For girls:
    • Continue, for both:
  • Wine:
  • Challah:




 

A bread that comes in a few different varieties; its most common variation is a braided egg bread, though there are water challahs that don't have eggs, and there are whole-wheat challahs which sometimes also don't have eggs. It is customary to being Sabbath and holiday meals by saying blessings and eating challah. Considered to be the language of the Jewish people. The Jewish Sabbath, from sunset on Friday to nightfall on Saturday.
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