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- Title
An Early Modern Version of Shalom Aleichem for Women after Friday Candle Lighting.
- Authors
Faierstein, Morris M.
- Abstract
The singing of the hymn Shalom Aleichem upon returning home from the synagogue on Friday night is a well–known tradition. It is assumed that the Talmudic passage in Tractate Shabbat (B. Shabbat 119b) is the source of this tradition. In fact, it is a kabbalistic custom more influenced by the Zohar. There is a second version of Shalom Aleichem to be recited by women after the lighting of the Sabbath candles, that was first published in a collection of prayers entitled Birkhat ha-Mazon, Basel, 1600. This study analyzes the origins and history of this second version of Shalom Aleichem for women.
- Subjects
CANDLES &; lights (Judaism); JEWISH prayers &; devotions; SABBATH (Jewish law)
- Publication
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022, Vol 19, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1209-9392
- Publication type
Article