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A good name is better than fine oil - Kohelet 7:1 - קהלת ז:א
Memorial Candles
Honoring those whose burial anniversaries fall this week
439 souls remembered
toledano
messody
21/12/1951
Tanger- Route de Rabat
73 years
toledano
clara
15/12/1928
Tanger- Route du Portugal
97 years
toledano
salomon
19/12/1900
Tanger- Route du Portugal
124 years
hamou
hnina
16/12/1940
Fez
85 years
hamou
isaac
18/12/1984
Fez
41 years
hamou
sultana
20/12/1925
Fez
99 years
hayon
moche
18/12/1930
Fez
95 years
hayon
moise
18/12/1939
Fez
86 years
hayon
salomon
17/12/1941
Fez
84 years
hazan
abraham
18/12/1944
Fez
81 years
In Moroccan Jewish tradition, lighting a candle on the anniversary of a passing is known as the Hiloula. The flame symbolizes the soul, based on Proverbs 20:27: "The soul of man is the candle of God."
Yahasra.org automatically lights virtual candles for those in our database, allowing families worldwide to participate in this remembrance regardless of location.