Havdalah silver set

Brighten up your Shabbat with these special havdalah accessories

On Friday night, we sanctified Shabbat with the Kiddush ritual; now, as we bid farewell to it after a night and a day of Divine rest, we again pronounce the sanctity of the day over a cup of wine.

The Havdalah (« Separation ») ceremony is a multi-sensory ritual using our faculties of speech, hearing, sight, smell and taste to define the boundaries that G-d has established in creation « between the sacred and the everyday ».

The Havdalah is recited after nightfall on Saturday night, that is, at the end of Shabbat.  At the time when darkness is high enough for three medium-sized stars to become visible. Because doing Havdalah involves actions that are forbidden on Shabbat (for example, lighting and extinguishing a flame), it is important not to do it before the end of Shabbat.