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Kindling Yahrtzeit Light on Yomtov

 

Originally Published: Parshas Bemidbar/Shavuos 5775 Vol. XVIII No. 32

This week’s question:

May a yahrzeit lamp be kindled on Yomtov, when there is no chance to kindle it before Yomtov, such as the second night, or the first day that falls on Motzai Shabbos?

The issues:

  1.  Yahrzeit observance
  2.  Ner neshama, the yahrzeit lamp
  3.  Kindling on Yomtov

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