candle lighting
Wick ignition ritual
Candle lighting refers to the ritual act of lighting candles, especially for religious or ceremonial purposes.
In Jewish tradition, it marks the beginning of Shabbat or holidays: Candle lighting is at 6:47 tonight.
The phrase also appears in contexts like birthday celebrations or memorial services where lighting candles carries symbolic weight.
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- waxPliable waterproof substance
- lighterComparative of not heavy
- matchstickFriction-lit fire starter
- prayerAddress to deity
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- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- parish lifeSunday mass, confession, baptisms, weddings, funerals
- pilgrimage ritescircumambulation, prostration, ritual bathing, ritual washing, kora
- religious ritualspuja, darshan, aarti, incense burning, prostration
- Jewish ObservanceShabbat, Kiddush, Havdalah, morning prayers, evening prayers
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