#96 - Light Shabbat candles every Friday for a month. (16/101)

Growing up, my family would light Shabbat candles together most Friday nights. As my sister and I got older and had more activities on Friday nights, we stopped lighting candles as a family every week. When I was living in Argentina last year, I would light Shabbat candles with my supervisor Jessi whenever I was in the office on Fridays. I love lighting candles because it makes me stop for a moment and reflect on the past week and the week to come. I decided to get back in the habit of lighting candles each Friday and have now done so for the last six weeks. This week is the Jewish new year and it is a tradition (such as in the secular new year) to make a resolution of something you want to change in the following year. For year 5776 in the Jewish calendar, my resolution is to light Shabbat candles more. I hope to do so throughout the next year and for years to come. Shana Tova, a happy new year to everyone who celebrates!

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