?If the wife is away for Shabbos, then she lights where she is and the husband lights at home. He lights the same number of candles as his wife would. He should likewise say the Brocho after the lighting.?

One should make sure to daven Mincha before the candle lighting.

?It is customary to give Tzedokah before the lighting. The Ktzos HaShulchan writes that it is a widespread custom in the Diaspora to give at this time Tzedoka (also) to a fund bearing the name of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess.

?After the last candle has been lit, it is forbidden to extinguish the match. Either the husband or one who does not light candles extinguishes it or it should be dropped down unto a safe surface and it should burn itself out.
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