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This ceremony is an American phenomena, it was invented by caterers and is the only of many creative ceremonies to have "stuck" from the early days of American Bar Mitzvah celebrations in ceremonial halls. You will find it across the spectrum of Jewish groups (including some Orthodox) but will generally only find it in ceremonial halls and not in synagogues ...
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Based on Shulchan Aruch Harav, Section 624:4 - 624:5.
Just like on Shabbos, after Yom Kippur we make a Bracha on fire since we were not permitted to use fire before, and it is like a new entity to us.
After Shabbos we may use new fire because this is how fire was initially brought into the world after Shabbos Adam took two stones and made fire and made the ...
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TorahLab give the following explanation:
On Yom Kippur we are celebrating the fact that we hadn’t used fire all day. In this way Yom Kippur is different from all other Jewish holidays, on which the use of fire is permitted. So it is therefore appropriate to use a flame that had ‘rested’ all day. It had been burning before Yom Kippur, had not been used ...
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Your question was asked of the Ohr Somayach "Ask the Rabbi" who answers about three things:
1) Extinguishing the havdalah candle immediately after havdalah
2) Extinguishing it in wine
3) Not blowing out candles in general
On 2, he says,
""Wine spilling like water," says the Talmud, "is a sign of blessing."
In order to start the week off right, we ...
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Despite the fact that everyone seems to assume you light from left to right (don't take my word for it; try a simple Google search!) there actually is a difference of opinion.
The following information is taken directly from Halachipedia (with some very minor editing by me for formatting purposes):
Maharik (Responsa 183, cited by Beit Yosef 676:5) ...
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Nitei Gavriel Chanuka 40:2 says that the one who lights in the Shul stands with his back to the South and his face to the North. On the first night he lights the candle all the way on his right. On the subsequent nights he lights the new candle and proceeds to his right.
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In Double AA's related question, there is a source for keeping a flame alight for the whole year. It is this Chabad reference.
Rough translation "It is customary to light a candle for the deceased
and for the soul at home, after the death to the end of the shiva, and
on the yahrzeit.The custom of Chabad is to light the whole year, until
after the ...
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On this, and many other related issues, see Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin's excellent essay in Bnei Banim 4:16. (Available on hebrewbooks.org)
Honestly, I would advise chassanim and kallos to read Henkin's essay and discuss with their posek, and not to read the mishnah brurah there. (Note that Shulchan Aruch discusses the subject in Orach Chaim, then repeats it ...
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Why is it that the Talmid Chacham has such a "yatzer" to have relations by day?
See Succah 52a at the bottom where the Gemoro relates a story about a great Amorah who said about himself what he wouldn't be able to hold him back from sinning immorally even though a standard person did indeed hold himself back. The Gemoro explains that
Kol HaGadol ...
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