Shabbat

Havdalah Procedure

 Havdalah Procedure

One fills a cup with grape juice or wine, places a spice, condiment or fragrant plant (such as cloves, cinnamon or myrtles) before him and a candle, which he lights during the ceremony. Then he recites the following text and blessings:

Rishon le’Tziyon hine hinam, ve’l’Yerushalayim mevaser etain. Al tismechi oyvesi li, ki nofalti kamti. Ki eishev ba’choshech Ado-nai ohr li. Ve’Noach matza chen be’eini Elo-him ve’adam. Kumi ori ki va orech. u’kevod Ado-nai alayich zarach. Ki hine hachoshech yechaseh aretz ve’arafel leumim. Ve’alayich yizrach Ado-nai u’chevodo alayich yeira'eh.

Kos yeshuot esa, u’veShem Ado-nai ekra. Ana Ado-nai hoshi’a nah. Ana Ado-nai hatzlicha nah. 

Hatzlicheinu, Hatzliach dracheinu, hatzliach limudeinu, ushlach bracha, revacha vehatzlacha be’chol maasey yodeinu ke’dichtiv: Yisa beracha me’et Ado-nai u’tzedaka mei’Elo-hei yish’o. La’Yehudim hoita ora ve’simcha vesoson viyikar. U’ktiv veyehi David lechol drachav maskil, va’Ado-nai imo. Ken yehiyeh immanu tamid

Baruch Ata, Ado-nai Elo-heinu, Melekh ha-olam,
bore p’ri ha-gafen.

Baruch ata, Ado-nai Elo-heinu, Melekh ha-olam,
bore minei vesamim (and one inhales the aroma of the spice).


Baruch Ata, Ado-nai Elo-heinu, Melekh ha-olam,
bore me'orei ha-esh.


Baruch Ata, Ado-nai Elo-heinu, Melekh ha-olam, ha-mavdil bein
kodesh l'chol, bein or l'choshekh, bein yisrael la-amim, bein yom ha-sheviyi l'shayshet yemey ha-ma'aseh, Baruch Ata, Ado-nai, ha-mavdil bein kodesh l'chol, 


(If one doesn’t have spices or a candle, he may recite only the blessing over the wine and the mavdil blessing)