Havdalah Sets
“הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קדֶשׁ לְחל; בֵּין אור לְחשֶׁךְ; בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לָעַמִּים; בֵּין יום
הַשְּׁבִיעִי לְשֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה”
Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the universe,
Who distinguishes between the sacred and the secular,
between light and dark, between Israel and the nations,
between the seventh day and the six days of labor.
The word Havdalah means to divide or separate. The Havdalah ceremony
separates the Sabbath (or a holiday) from the rest of the week. It consists of three
parts: the blessing on the wine (“Borei pri ha-gefen”), the blessing on the spices
(“Borei minei v’samim”), and the blessing on the fire (“Borei m’orei ha’eish”).
