How One Little Candle Changed a Family

The Shabbos candle lighting campaign has yielded far-reaching results. One example from the many reports we received: A little girl, five or six years old, attended a non-religious school in Israel. One day, an older girl spoke to her class about the Mitzvah of Shabbos candles. She taught them the blessings, and gave them candles and candlesticks to take home.

The young girl was delighted! At first her family discouraged her. But slowly the Mitzvah began to penetrate their hearts as well. First they stopped watching television as long as the candles were lit. Then they stopped answering the phone. Then the mother began to light too and stopped cooking on Shabbos…

Little by little, the whole family was transformed. And what sparked it all? One small Shabbos candle. True, a younger girl only lights for “educational” reasons, but that candle educated not only her, but her parents and siblings as well. Today the entire family is Torah-observant due to her one light.