Light a Candle
Honor the memory of those whose burial anniversaries fall this week in Moroccan Jewish cemeteries with a virtual candle.

Remembering Anniversaries This Week
The light of memory keeps our ancestors' legacies alive across generations
The Hiloula Tradition
In Moroccan Jewish tradition, lighting a candle on the anniversary of a person's death is a significant custom known as the Hiloula or Yahrzeit (the Yiddish term more commonly used among Ashkenazi Jews).
The flame symbolizes the soul of the departed, based on the biblical verse from Proverbs 20:27, "The soul of man is the candle of God."
The memorial candle is typically placed in the home or synagogue.
Family members may gather for a meal where they share stories and memories of the deceased.
Many Moroccan Jews recite special prayers, including Psalms and the Kaddish prayer.
Some families distribute food or charity in memory of the departed.
For particularly revered figures, especially rabbis and community leaders, the Hiloula may evolve into a larger celebration involving pilgrimages to the grave site, communal meals, and extensive prayers.
Our Digital Memorial Initiative
The Yahasra.org project has taken a significant step in honoring Moroccan Jewish heritage by implementing a virtual candle-lighting feature that automatically commemorates each person recorded in their cemetery databases on the anniversary of their burial date.
This thoughtful digital adaptation of the traditional Hiloula custom allows families and community members worldwide to participate in this meaningful remembrance practice regardless of physical location.
The platform displays these virtual memorials alongside key information about the deceased, including their name, burial date, years passed, Hebrew date, and cemetery location. This initiative not only preserves cultural practices but also creates a digital space for collective memory and continued connection with ancestors across the Moroccan Jewish diaspora in Israel, France, Canada, and beyond.
This Week's Memorial Candles
Honoring those whose anniversaries fall during this week

Simha ABBOU

moise abecassis

annette abecera

rodolph abel

clara abergel

Hanna ABIHSSERA

simon abikhzer

freha abisoris

david ABITBOL

joseph ABITBOL

samuel ABITBOL

neria adegera

Messoda AFFLALO

jacob aflalo

messody aflalo (enfant 13 ans )

joseph afriat

mordejay ajuelos benchimol

raphael alloul

yudah almoznino

meyer AMAR

simon AMAR

charles AMAR

estrelia AMAR

Chalom AMAR

Zamila AMARA

Esther AMIEL

david AMOYAL

jean claude judah amram

Ichouaa amram

yacout amzallag

salomon m. aragon

maurice arditti

etty arrobas

Chalom ASSARAF

Chalom ASSARAF

Yossef ASSAYAG

Myriam ASSAYAG

hnina ASSAYAG

Yossef ASSAYAG

Messoda ASSAYAG

levy assor

Messoda ASSOULINE

jacob atias

Hana ATTAR

esther ATTAR

Messoda ATTIAS

salomon azagury

simy azancot

bonina de jacob azerraf

joseph AZOULAY

marie AZOULAY

Elyahou AZOULAY

elie AZOULAY

nessim rabbi AZRAN

Samuel AZUELOS

Jacob banon

Itshak BARCHICHAT

David BELELTY

Rivka BELELTY

samuel belicha

mimon s. benadiba

isaac BENAIM

elie benaroch

messoda benaroch

mery benarroch

vidal d. benarroch

esther benarrosh

abraham benassayag

moses benassayag

messodi benbunan

Yossef Elyahou BENCHERBIT

rica BENCHETRIT

moises BENCHIMOL

marie BENCHIMOL

judac benchimol levy

reina bendahan

Simha BENDAOUD OYOSSEF

moses m. bendayan

jacob bendayan

leon bendayan

rachel BENEZRA

hitto bengio

gracia bengio

samuel BENHAMOU

saadia benhamu

Wenny BENHARROCH

berthe BENICHOU

moises j. beniflah

yamin benilouz

aaron nessim benisty

menasse benlisha

Yehouda BENLOLO

simy BENLOLO

jacob BENLOLO

moshe BENLOLO

elias BENSIMHON

Elyahou BENSIMHON

Yacouth BENSIMHON

luna bensimon

donna bensimon

solange bensimon

judah BENSOUSSAN

paulette BENSOUSSAN

esther BENSOUSSAN

ana bentolila edery

Makhlouf benyounes

donna BENZAQUEN

jalfon BENZAQUEN

zahra BENZAQUEN

marie BENZIMRA

Odette BENZIMRA

alice BETTAN

david bocal

Haim BOTBOL

Messoda BOTBOL

Myriam BOTBOL

zohra bouganim

albert bouhadana

hanna cabessa

esther cadoch

esther cazes

Simha CHERBIT

Aicha CHERBIT

Esther CHOCRON

Nedjma chouraqui

abraham d. chriqui

Rahel COHEN

emilia COHEN

aaron COHEN

anna COHEN

simy COHEN

naphtali COHEN

Salomon COHEN

moses raphael COHEN

elie COHEN

suzanne COHEN

Isaac COHEN

Yossef COHEN

Rebecca COHEN

Mazal-Tov COHEN

Esther COHEN

Simha COHEN

Menahem COHEN SKALI

nessim corcos

letitia corcos

hana dadon

simy DAHAN

henri hanania DAHAN

Makhlouf DAHAN

Esther DANAN

Zohra DANAN

Reina DANAN

Zamila DANAN

aaron darmon

isaac diem

marie douk

Thamo EBBI

Samuel EDERHY

david ""dede"" edery

haziza edery

joseph edery

esther edery

Joseph ELALOUF

esther ELBAZ

Yossef ELBAZ

lucia elbaz (nino 3 ans)

messod elharrar

Mazal-Tov ELHYANI

Mimoun ELKRIEF

meir engelhard

biba esayag

isaac essoudry

simon fdeda

nan feto

Najma franco

reina frebourg

sarah gabay

amram gabay

simha gabbay

salomon gabbay

nessim gabbay

messod gabbay

simon hadad

isaac hadida

Raphael HAMOU

Abraham HAMOU

Elie HAMOU

Elyahou HAMOU

Sultana HAMOU

Simha HAMOU

Abraham HAMOU

amran hamouth

Abraham HARRAR

Makhlouf HARROCH

simone hatchuel

clara HAZAN

reina HAZAN

haim IFERGAN

Abraham ILLOUZ

Yaacov ITTAH

David KADDOCH

Elyahou KADDOCH

david kakon

Hanna KASSIO

herbert kaufmann

abraham krespine

Yacoth lahmani

Salomon LAREDO

moses s. lasry

sete lasry

reina lasry

herta leonkowitz

richard lesser

Esther LEVY

evelyne haya LEVY

mercedes LEVY

bida LEVY

marcelle LEVY

Simha LEVY

Freha LEVY

Hanna LEVY

meyer loeub

izza MALKA

yaich MALKA

albert MALKA

h MALKA

Rachel MALKA

mazal MAMANE

Simon MAMANE

Yossef MAMANE

Yonathan MANSANO

david MARCIANO

Rachel MARCIANO

Elyahou MARHELY

Zohra MARHELY

Messod MARHELY

fortunato marques

moses abr. marrache

Rivka MARTHAN

judah me

zahra mechaly

Zohra MELLOUL

Salomon MELLOUL

yahya melul

Yehouda MONSONEGO

Mazal-Tov MONSONEGO

simon moryoussef

mardoche NAHMIAS

mercedes nahon

samuel nahon

Yossef nahon

Lea NATAF

salomon negrin dr.

salomon NIDDAM

esther OBADIA

moses OBADIA

freha OHAYON

ayouch OHAYON

amrane oihknine

moni hnina OLIEL

Messoda OMEZGUINE

mordejay ouahnich

hanna ouanounou

eliyahou ouanounou

fortuna pariente

judah pariente

jacob a. pariente

david peres

azou peres

jacob PEREZ

simon PEREZ

nissim PEREZ

mimon PEREZ

miriam PEREZ

messody pimienta

rachel pinto

messod m. m. pinto

tamo pinto

jacob rafael pinto

esther pinto sicsu

aicha ponte

isaac h. ponte

bonina rolf

Haim SABBAGH

abraham SADOUN

esther saraga

Reina SAREOUA

Moche SASSON

joseph de nissim SASSON

moises serfaty

ledicia serruya

rica s. SIBONY

Hana SISSO

Messoda SISSO

hanania sommer

Charles SOULAM

Hanna SOUSSAN

messod suissa

esther SULTAN

abraham SULTAN

samuel tangy

isaac TOLEDANO

habib TOLEDANO

therese TORDJMAN

mazal TORDJMAN

Louna TORDJMAN

Mimoun WAKNINE

Hanna WAKNINE

reina wuahnish

naftali yafe

Zohra zaoui

Chalom ZNATY

sarah massouda zrihen
Traditional Memorial Prayer
"May God remember the soul of our beloved who has gone to eternal rest. In loving testimony to his/her life I pledge charity and deeds of loving-kindness to help perpetuate the values, the dignity, and the memory of his/her life. May his/her soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal. I pray that these moments of meditation and the deeds I do help to lift his/her soul ever higher. Amen."