Chapter 75 – The Sabbath Candle
75.1) Put all work aside and light the Sabbath candles at least one-half hour before the stars emerge.
75.2) Light as many candles as possible for the Sabbath.
75.3) Use olive oil or almond oil for the candles.
75.4) Say the benediction after lighting the Sabbath candles, by saying it while covering the light with your hands.
75.5) Men and women are obliged to light candles on the Sabbath.
75.6) Women should wash and put on clean clothes before lighting the Sabbath candles.
75.7) A man should make a spoken or mental reservation when he lights the Sabbath candle and knows he must work afterward.
75.8) Light the Sabbath candle in the room where meals will be served.
75.9) Light Sabbath candles in every room to be used on the Sabbath.
75.10) Every woman who lights a Sabbath candle must say the benediction.
75.11) Do not put water into the scone that houses the Sabbath candle.
75.12) Place a hallot (challah; bread) on the table before lighting the Sabbath candle.
75.13) A blind woman’s husband should light the Sabbath candle and say the benediction when he lights them.
75.14) If a woman neglects to light the Sabbath candle, she must light an extra one every Sabbath for the rest of her life.