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Lighting a candle, symbolic of the new soul born into the world. Can also be used like a yahrzeit candle to recall the departed soul for whom the baby is named. Also a covenantal symbol.

A lit white candle on a wooden table, with a blurred background.

“There is a new light in our hearts and in our home…”

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Riffing on the now-traditional candle-lighting, this ceremony offers a candle for eight women in Jewish history.
A person holding a lit candle at a nighttime vigil, surrounded by others with candles.
A beautiful alternative to a candle-lighting ceremony
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Meditations on Hanukkah, focusing in particular on moving from the month of Heshvan, to Kislev, and on to Tevet

Person lighting a Hanukkah menorah with blue and white candles.
An article about ancient bonfires associated with the announcing of Rosh Chodesh, and modern rituals invoking them.
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A variety of candle lighting blessings, traditional and modern, for holidays

illustration of a person closing their eyes and holding their hands toward their face above Shabbat candles

New Blessings over the Chanukah candles using masculine and feminine God-language

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A healing ritual for Hanukkah

Hanukkah menorah with nine lit candles, in an alternating pattern of blue and yellow, glowing in the dark.

The author suggests adding an unlit candle to the Shabbat candlelabrum each week until the baby is born

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