ORDER OF HAVDALAH PRAYERS

1. SING TOGETHER (Eliyahu Hanavi)

2. LEADER LIFTS CUP OF WINE AND RECITES Opening Paragraph (Hinei El Yeshuati)

3. GROUP RECITES La'y'hudim hi'tah ora v'simhah, v'sason vikar. Kein tihyeh lanu

4. THE LEADER LIFTS THE CUPA BIT HIGHTER AND RECITES
   Kos Yeshuot esa, u'v'sheim Adoinai ekra

5. BLESSING OVER WINE

6. THE CUP IS SET DOWN WITHOUT BEING DRUNK.

7. THE SPICE BOX IS LIFTED. THE LEADER RECITES THE BLESSING OVER SPICES

8. THE SPICES ARE SNIFFED, PASSED AROUND TO ALL PRESENT AND SET DOWN

9. THE LEADER RECITES THE BLESSING ON THE CANDLE (asher me'orei ha'esh)

10. HANDS ARE HELD UP TO THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE.

11. THE LEADER RAISES THE WINE CUP AND RECITES THE NEXT BRACHA
    (Ha'mavdil bein kodesh l'hol)

12. THE LEADER TASTES THE WINE, EXTINGUISHES THE CANDLE AND EVERYONE SINGS
    ha'mavdil bein kodesh l'hol)

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