Strangers still visit the Rochester tombstone, lighting candles and whispering prayers, nearly a century after his passing.

It’s heartbreaking. Rabbi Aryeh Royde saw it with his own eyes — frum women sitting alone on Shabbos. Candles lit. Silence.

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Using candles to mark the yahrzeit, the anniversary of a death, is mentioned in Jewish tradition as far back as the Middle Ages. But the mass-produced glass holders came later.

In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle.

February 17 Nani Vazana in Concert Mikveh Israel is setting up for its Sephardic Ladino Concert featuring Nani Vazana. The ...

University of Cincinnati (UC) students and community members attended the annual “Mega Shabbat” celebration hosted by the UC Chabad House at West Nippert Pavilion on Feb. 6, 2026.

In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in ...

Hundreds celebrated the start of the Jewish day of rest at Chabad at UA’s “Mega Shabbat” dinner Friday evening inside ...

The Violins of Hope could be admired in a museum for their design: curved lines and refurbished finishes, inlaid stars of ...

Australians will light candles on Sunday to mark the attack on a Jewish festival that killed 15 people. A national Day of Reflection has been declared. Australians will light candles on Sunday to mark ...

Against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine and the horrific massacre in Sydney, Australia, the third candle of Hanukkah was lit at a ceremony held at the JCC -Beit Menachem in Kyiv, led by the ...