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I have noticed that quite a few shuls have candles or electric lights at the amud where the chazzan davens from. These are well lit establishments and I don't the lights are there for a practical reason, especially when they use candles. It seems that this is a more chassidish minhag.

I can't think of any reason other than that it used to be a practical necessity, no longer is, but as we often find, people just haven't changed their practice.

Any ideas?

Moshe Steinberg
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  • Closely related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/15584 – msh210 Apr 14 '17 at 11:05
  • how many and who turns them on? There is a minhag to light 5 candles by an אָבֵל when he is baal tefila – Laser123 Apr 19 '17 at 16:34
  • @GershonGold If it's a duplicate, it's of https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/51254/candles-by-the-amud?noredirect=1&lq=1 (really https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/18862/what-is-the-reason-for-the-lights-lit-on-the-desk-of-the-prayer-leader). I can't VTC because neither of those have upvoted or accepted answers. – MTL May 02 '17 at 17:40

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