Laws Of Shabbat Candle Lighting For The Blind
Edited by Rabbi Y. K. Marlow
- A blind woman who lives alone should light her Shabbat candle(s) with a blessing.
- If she is married to a non-visually impaired person, her husband should light the Shabbat candles with the blessing.
- If she is eating and lighting in the company of others who are non-visually impaired, and they lit the Shabbat candles, she should light her own Shabbat candle(s), but without the blessing.
- (If at all possible, she should not be the last one to light the Shabbat candle(s), so that she could be absolved by the latter's blessing.)