Rosh Hashanah 2024 Candle Lighting. Blessed are you, our god, ruler of the world, who sanctifies us with mitzvot and calls upon us to kindle the lights of [shabbat and] the festival day. See rosh hashanah times for your area.

The holiday celebration begins with the lighting of candles (hadlakat nerot), symbolizing the transition to sacred time, and the recitation of the blessing thanking god for enabling us to. 2, 2024, and ends after nightfall on friday, oct.