1) As we learned yesterday, a woman who is not eating the Shabbos eve Seudah in her own home and leaves her home before Shabbos, but will be walking back home later that night to sleep in her own home, should light candles in her home any time after Plag Hamincha.
If after lighting the candles, the woman wants to drive to where she will be eating the Shabbos Seudah, she has to make a stipulation before lighting that, this time, she does not want to accept the sanctity of Shabbos with the lightingof the candles. (If no stipulation was made she may not even travel by taxi or bus as a passenger, as it is disrespecting Shabbos to be driven in a vehicle after the sanctity of Shabbos has set in. See Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchaso Perek 43 footnote 136)
2) Although this stipulation should only be made in cases of necessity, many Poskim rule that this case is considered necessity. (Ruling of HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita quoted in Ohr HaNer Perek 4 footnote 78. Of course, every individual must consult their own Rav before executing this stipulation to ensure that their particular circumstance fits the criteria of "necessity". See Mishna Berura Siman 263:44)
It goes without saying that this stipulation, to postpone the acceptance of the sanctity of Shabbos, does not work beyond sunset.
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) After making the aforementioned stipulation, she should light the candles and the other lights/lamps around the house with intent that it should be benefitted from when she returns home later that night, and then recite the Bracha over the candles as usual. (Ideally, the candles should be long enough to still be burning when she returns home, as according to many Poskim the Bracha cannot be recited if, when she returns home, benefit will only be derived from the electric lights. Other Poskim are more lenient. A Rav must be consulted for Halacha L'Ma'aseh.)
2)Later on when she is at the host's home and the time for Hadlokas Neiros arrives, she should accept upon herself the sanctity of Shabbos at the time that she usually lights when she is at home . (Preferably she should do this verbally by saying "I now accept upon myself the sanctity of Shabbos for the purpose of 'Tosefes Shabbos', the Mitzvah to accept Shabbos earlier than the actual time it arrives. This verbalization is not necessary when a woman lights the candles at the regular time, as then her action of lighting the candles serves as her way of accepting the sanctity of Shabbos earlier than sunset. See Mishna Berura Siman 261:21)
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Reader's Question:
I note that when we say the morning blessings - Shelo Asani Goy, Shelo Asani Eved - the tense is in the masculine. For a woman davening, why would she not say these brachas in the feminine? these are, after all, personal brachos.
Answer:
In the Siddur Ya'avetz he does indeed rule that women should say these brachos in the feminine and replace "Goy" with "Goyah" and "Eved" with "Shifcha". However, since the Talmud makes no mention of this feminine variation he rules that they should be said without Shem U'Malchus (Hashem's name).
However, other Poskim, including the Aishel Avraham Butchatch Siman 46, rule that the words "Goy" and "Eved" include female gentiles and maid-servants as well, and thus the Bracha should be said by women with the same version as men.
The prevalent custom indeed is for women to recite these Brachos the same as men do.
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