The Geonim in Babylonia made blessing the Sabbath light the halakhah over a period from the ninth to the tenth centuries CE. A blessing with the words, “Who commanded us” makes the ritual a miẓvah. In the Talmud the Amoraim had defined kindling the Sabbath light as an obligation rather than a miẓvah. The present article discusses their reason for making this distinction. The Geonim did not make kindling the Sabbath light a miẓvah to counter the influence of the Karaite movement, as some scholars have maintained, but to mark the day of rest. To make this ruling, the Geonim had to interpret the Talmud somewhat differently from its original intent. Later, the Rishonim used a similar method to necessitate blessing the Sabbath light. This method of interpretation allowed the Geonim to accommodate the halakhah to the times while holding to tradition.

该Geonim巴比伦作出祝福安息日点燃哈拉哈在从第九一个时期到第十世纪CE。祝福“谁命令了我们”，使仪式变成了弥法。在《塔木德》中，阿莫拉伊姆将点燃安息日的光明定义为一种义务，而不是一种轻视。本文讨论它们作出这种区分的原因。正如一些学者所坚持的那样，吉奥尼姆并没有像点燃安息日灯那样来抵抗卡拉伊特运动的影响，而是为了纪念安息日。为了作出这一裁决，吉奥尼姆对塔木德的解释与其最初的意图有些不同。后来，Rishonim使用类似的方法来祝福安息日的光。这种解释方法允许Geonim到适应哈拉哈时代保持传统的同时。