The Shabbat meal is dignified and enhanced with good lighting (Rashi Shabbat 25b s.v. Every room which will be in use over Shabbat must have sufficient lighting. Note that this reason applies to the entire house, not only the Shabbat table. Further, if it is so dark people will bump into things when they go about, there will be no peace in the home (Talmud Shabbat 23b, Rambam Hil’ Chanukah 4:14). A house without proper lighting is dark and gloomy. The most fundamental question of all is why we are obligated to light Shabbat candles in the first place. The two main issues we must examine are where one should light in a hotel, as well as what one may light – considering that hotels typically do not allow guests to light fires of any sort. Thus to answer, I will first discuss some of the general rules and then we’ll look at the practical law. Lighting candles in a hotel is actually a rather complex question, one which revolves around several basic principles. Are there any other options? The Aish Rabbi Replies How can my wife best fulfill the mitzvah of lighting candles? I didn’t ask the hotel yet, but it’s very possible they will not allow us to light candles. India has been on a 21-day lockdown from March 25 to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 65,000 lives globally and inflicted over 12 lakh people since the pandemic first emerged in China in December.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.We will be staying at a hotel for Shabbat in a few weeks. The overall death toll in the country due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 83 and the cases climbed to 3,577 on Sunday after 505 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. Major cities such as Pune, which is the major IT hub in the state, as well as Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur also saw enthusiastic response from people. Some youths took out bike rallies in localities like Bandra, Juhu and Andheri flashing their headlights. Prominent personalities such as NCP chief Sharad Pawar, family of renowned singer Lata Mangeshkar, actor Amitabh Bachchan as well as several oher actors and celebrities too responded to the PM's call in Maharshtra. In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lit lamps at arranged in the shape of 'Om'. At some places, people also raised slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lighted lamps in Bhopal. Superstar Rajinikanth was among the celebrities who joined the symbolic event against the contagion and he held a candle in his Poes Garden residence. Chief Minister K Palaniswami, while maintaining distance, lit an earthen lamp at his residence.Īlso, Deputy Chief Minister K Pannerselvam, Tamil Nadu Ministers including S P Velumani and K Pandiarajan lit lamps in their respective residences here. Governor Banwarilal Purohit lit a candle after switching off lights of the Raj Bhavan here for nine minutes. The terraces of several buildings were lined up with endless rows of earthen lamps which was nothing short of a visual treat In Tamil Nadu, people lit up the traditional 'Kamakshi lamps' and 'Kuthuvilakku', besides the earthen lamps. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder in these times of crisis. It has connected all of us in one thread.
"Crores of people are doing it at the same time. Jaikishan, 42, a rickshaw puller in Jangpura in Delhi, said he made diyas of wheat flour and lit them hoping the situation will normalise soon and crores of others like him will be able to sail through the crisis.Īparna Goel, a chartered accountant, said besides lighting diyas and candles, people in her locality played songs like "Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum" and "Humko Mann ki Shakti Dena". Several opposition leaders had expressed concern that the event could result in grid collapse. The nine-minute lights-out event on Sunday evening went off well without any disruption in the electricity grid after the government and utilities put in place elaborate plans to deal with the sudden drop and then a quick spurt in demand. The Prime Minister had asked people to clap or beat thalis on March 22 for five minutes at 5pm while observing 'janta curfew' from 7am to 9pm to thank those working in essentials services, and had received an unprecedented and overwhelming response.
I call upon them all to be a part of this symbolic war over evil forces," he said. My prayers go out for all those million homes across the planet who are suffering because of coronavirus. "Let the brightness of the lights ignite our energies and ensure the ‘victory of good over evil.
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