Passover Candle Lighting 2024. Before the official start of the seder, it is customary to light two candles in honor of the holiness of the day. Ends nightfall of tuesday, april 30, 2024.
Drawing the hands around the candles and toward the face from one to seven times (three is most common) 3. Shabbat is ushered in every friday night with the lighting of sabbath candles, referred to in yiddish as licht bentschen.