This locally-made #vegan #memorial #candle burns up to 26 hours and is lit in memory of a departed person on the anniversary of their #death. #Yahrzeit (or spelled #yahrtzeit, #yortsayt, and #yartzeit) candles are also lit on the eve of #YomKippur or of the #Holocaust #Remembrance Day(#YomHaShoah) to burn through the entire occasion. It is customary to light the candle inside one's home, or near the grave of the deceased. It is also customary to light a yartzeit candle during the #shiva.

The custom of lighting a yahrtzeit candle for the deceased is very widespread and deeply ingrained in Jewish life. The custom of lighting a yahrzeit candle comes from the Book of Proverbs 20:27 "The soul of man is a candle of the Lord."

The human soul is a light from God.
May it be your will that the soul of (insert name)
enjoy eternal life, along with the souls of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, and the rest of the righteous that are in Gan Eden. Amen.

Neir Adonai Nishmat Adam.
Yehi Ratzon Milfanecha, Adonai Eloheinu Veilohei Avoteinu Shetehei Nishmat (insert name)
Tzerurah betzeror hachayim,
im nishmot Abvraham, Yitzchak ve’Ya’akov,
Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel VeLeah.
Tehi Menutchatah kavod, Selah.

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