Eloheinu Melech ha-olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel yom tov. Blessed art Thou O Eternal our God, ruler of the Universe who sanctified us by Thy commandments and ordained that we kindle the festival lights.
Life is a gift - holy, a blessing.
The holiday candles radiate their light enhancing the beauty and harmony of life. It was evening and morning, the sixth day, when the heaven and the earth were finished and all their detail. And on the seventh day God finished all the work that was accomplished. And God ceased on the seventh day from all the work that was completed and blessed the seventh day and made it holy, for on that day God rested from the work of creating. Thou O Eternal our God, ruler of the Universe who has selected us from all peoples, elevated us among nations and who has made us holy through the commandments.