yahrzeit candle
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[edit]yahrzeit candle (plural yahrzeit candles)
- (religion, Judaism) A type of candle that is lit in memory of the deceased.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 348:
- Every year he brought the yahrzeit candle out, and looked at it, and thought about lighting it.