Is there a prayer recited when lighting a Yahrtzeit candle?

May my father’s (מיכאל בן יצחק יוסף הלוי) neshama have an Aliya on this first yartzeit of his passing. Reply

Tonight I light this Yahrtzeit Candle to bring peace to the soul of my dear sister, Laurie Susan Sigrand Dellar, daughter of Herbert Sigrand and Jeanne Markowitz Sigrand. Your memory is a blessing to me, as I miss you very much. It's hard to believe you've already been gone a year. Reply

Dear Andre (Ariel) Zoltan Kallus, I hope that you are in a place of peace, rest, joy, happiness, free from our earthly struggles. The world is a little less beautiful and happy without you, and to those who were closest to you, a lot less happy. Our lives will never be the same - you are dearly missed old friend. Until we meet again "I will always remember..." Love, Gary
PS. Poisson gateaux; LOL Reply

I light a candle for my amazing loving mother tonight. We lost her 7 years ago. I have never known a more beautiful person.

. May her soul be with all the righteous in Gan Eden.. Reply

In the suggested prayer we refer our parents by their FATHER'S name. That looks quite reasonable. However, in the Yaurtzait prayer on the same day we mention our parents by their MOTHER'S name... What's the basis for such practice? Thanks in advance! Reply

My late mother was adapted by her Russian stepfather, should I include both names of her birth-father and the father, who adapted her? Reply

what is this in hebrew?! Is it asking too much for the hebrew? Ridiculous Reply

I light this candle for my husband who died 4 months ago. Reply

Tonight I lit a Yahrtzeit candle for my mother Zelda Chana bat Jonah v Gitl. I can't believe it is six years since she died. May her soul be at peace. Reply

Light it when you remember or the next night. Unless it is Shabbat, sundown doesn't matter. That may not be the official view but the candle is for you to remember your loved one. How can it hurt to remember them on another day? I lit candles for my mother for a whole year. Not the single ones but the larger candles in glass. (without pictures of you know who on them.) Since then, I light the larger candles for yahrzeits and they burn from 3-to 5 days. Again, not what most people do, but it makes me happy. The year of candles I learned from a Chabad rebbetzin whose husband was quick to say it was her family's tradition, not a regular custom. Reply

If you missed the date for lighting the candle because you didn't light at sundown the previous night...what do you do? Reply

I light this candle to bring peace to the soul of my beloved sister Chana Ryna bat Menacham Mendel v bat Bashe Reply

Tonight I lit a Yartzheit candle for my beloved mother, Esther Baila.
May this memory be for a blessing .
You are always with me in my ❤ I love you always. Reply

Tonight I light for my son, parents and grandparents Reply

My daughter Sara and I said the prayer today on whatapp since she made alliyah during the pandemic and we have not been able to see each other in person. It was for my mother Sarah Stein who I lost when I was 14 and for my father Albert Stein who I lost a 63.
I found a prayer that was perfect for them for the words included kindness and nobility.
Their memory is a blessing. Reply

I lit a candle on July 20 for my Father Alvin Louis (Avrum Leib), on the occasion of his 15th Yahrzeit. I also did the same for my Mother Pearl a few months ago for her 8th. My father once told me something that his father ( my grandfather) told him when he was young: "As long as your parents or at least one of your parents are alive, you are still somebody's child". After my mother died, I truly felt orphaned. Besides the fact they were my parents, I'd lost the two people I had known my entire life. I still miss them both. I realized, though, that I am still a child of G-D's and that my faith has helped to guide me daily and get me through my losses, grief, and tough times. Reply

Tonight I will light a candle for my dad Morris Abraham Marcus. It's been three years but he is always in my heart. May his memory be for a blessing always. Reply

Tonight I lit a Yahrtzeit candle for my mother Zelda Chana bat Jonah v Gitl. I can't believe it is five years since she died. May her soul be at peace. Reply

Such a nice community and a wonderful opportunity to share our grief and our love. I will too. Tonight I will light a candle for my Dad, Misha Raitzin, gone 31yrs now. There is so much to say, he was a chazan and a Metropolitan Opera tenor. But I think a description that would please him most is “a Yideshe ne Shona.” Rest well Dad. You are in our minds always. Reply

“Tonight, I light my candle for my cherished son Garrett, 24, taken from me/us way too early!...May his memory be a blessing not only to me, but to all that loved him...Life will never be the same without you my son!...Love, always and forever...Mom”💔 Reply