Shabbat Candles

Since their arrival in Singapore as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in 1994, Rabbi Mordechai and Simcha Abergel have guided a renaissance for the Asian nation’s 1,000 Jews.

The warm glow of shabbat candles always brings with it the smell of challah and chicken soup, laughter and family.

Shabbat shalom!

"Bless me with peace, angels of peace..." (Shabbat hymn)

The holiness of Shabbat illuminates and elevates the entire world. The woman of the house ensures that light and harmony prevail in her home by welcoming the Shabbat through lighting the Shabbat candles and prayer.

Thus shall the children of Israel observe the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant. (Exodus 31:16) For countless generations, the Jewish people have been observing Shabbat by lighting candles before sunset o...

Artist’s Statement: "Lecha dodi likrat Shabbat..." More than the Jews have kept the Shabbat, Shabbat keeps the Jews!

Artist’s Statement: A woman covers her eyes with her hands and says the blessing over the Shabbat candles. Her hands are shaped like doves to represent welcoming peace and the Shechinah into her house. The drawing is made using the text of Eishet Chayil, ...

Artist’s Statement: This painting is an abstracted depiction of the text of the Hebrew prayer for kindling lights for Shabbat painted in the colors of the sunset.