A candle lighting, havdalah and parsha times for any location in the world In the Jewish home, the close of the Shabbat is marked with a special ceremony, called Havdalah quot;differentiationquot;. Over a brimming cup of wine, to the multiflamed light of a braided candle and the smell of aromatic spices, we recite: quot;Blessed are You, Lrd our Gd... Who differentiates between the holy and the mundane, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six days of work quot;