After nightfall on Saturday — when three medium-sized stars are visible in the sky. Your local time is on the homepage.
When to do it
After nightfall on Saturday — when three medium-sized stars are visible in the sky. Your local time is on the homepage.
What you need
A cup of wine or grape juice (filled until it overflows slightly into the saucer), fragrant spices (cloves and cinnamon work), and a Havdalah candle — a tall, multi-wicked braided candle that produces a torch-like flame.
How it goes
You hold the cup and recite Havdalah. You smell the spices. You hold your hands toward the flame and look at the light reflected on your fingernails. You drink the wine. You extinguish the flame in the wine. You wish each other shavua tov — a good week.
Why
For 25 hours, the world has been different. Havdalah marks that the difference is ending — and asks us to carry a little of Shabbos into the week ahead.
Try one Shabbos. We’ll guide you through it.
Find your local times, follow a step-by-step packet, and keep one full Shabbos — even if it’s your first.
