#30: Machshavah

Rav Eliezer Melamed writes in the Peninei Halachah (Shabbat 4:3, available at https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/01-04-03/) that the conditions for the type of lights used for Shabbat candles that we learned about earlier this week symbolize the way to achieve shalom bayit (peace in the home, one of the key reasons for lighting) in a marriage:

“Just as the wick has to be made of a soft and absorbent material and the oil must be light and easily drawn, so too a couple needs to unite humbly. Just as when we light the wick, fire and light are produced jointly by the wick and fuel, so too a couple, through the fire of faith and light of Torah, can become one, developing and illuminating together… when there is a shared spiritual goal that lights the fire of their lives, their love becomes stronger and stronger.”

May we all merit to internalize this beautiful idea and successfully achieve proper shalom bayit in our homes.

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Dedicated by Fran Broder as a zechus for the hostages to be released safely to their families and may everlasting peace come to Eretz Yisrael in the merit of learning Hilchos Shabbos.