barukh atah adonai, elohaynu, melekh ha-olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'had'lik neir shel the lord our god, ruler of the universe, who hallows us with his mitzvah and commands us to kindle the lights of shabbat. woman: even though the hebrew was not familiar and i didn't understand, yet there were words that came though -- adonai and the amens that i recognized. and so while i didn't know the words, i could participate through knowing that it was scripture and that it was from the torah. and that was very meaningful and very special. [ singing in hebrew ] hear, o israel, the lord is our god... rabbi: judaism has been described as a combination of god, torah, which is god's revelation and our sacred word, and israel, the jewish people. but the oldest and most enduring symbol of the jewish people is not the star of david, again, that's modern. it's the menorah. and even as menorah is a symbol of the jewish people, so too we can see this lamp, and that eternal light is a symbol of god, who like that light is eternal. finally, in addition to the menorah and the ner tamid you w