What is the source for lighting a candle on the anniversary of someone's death (yartzeit candle)? What are the sources for lighting such a candle on other days such as Yom Kippur, Yom Tov etc?
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3I think this is two separate questions here. You might want to split the one about Yom Tov and Shabbat candles as a new question. – Scimonster Mar 17 '15 at 10:23
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related http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/13500/759 – Double AA Mar 17 '15 at 15:38
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http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46540&st=&pgnum=560 – Gershon Gold Mar 17 '15 at 18:44
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@Scimonster I suspect "yizkor candles" were the intent. But the asker would do well to clarify the question. In other news, I think this is probably a duplicate of http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/13500. – msh210 Mar 18 '15 at 03:46
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The reason for the yahrtzeit candle comes from the metaphor in
Proverbs 20:27:
נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל־חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inward parts.
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@DoubleAA - I believe that I have seen this in SA, but I have to locate it and edit later – DanF Mar 17 '15 at 15:40
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Also Hlhow that verse is connected to the yearly marking of passing, and the holidays. – user6591 Jul 15 '15 at 18:14
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This is not found in Shulchan Aruch however it's mentioned by later achronim. It has no "real" makor and the custom is highly suspect.... – Yehoshua Mar 27 '16 at 17:43