Commemorative Candle Lighting
Read this poem as you light the candles.
Candles of Joy, Candles of Sorrow
By Batsheva Dagan
Candles we light
Wherever we are,
Candles for Chanukah,
Candles for Shabbat,
Candles for Havdallah,
Braided like a challah,
Or candles for pure delight.
So many, many candles,
All kinds of shape,
All kinds of color
All of them candles of joy.
Only one candle is right
To remember someone who died
A candle for the soul.
And more candles we light in silence and in honor
Six candles, a memorial
To the myriads who are gone,
Six million.
All of them candles of sorrow.
We read their names and recall the six million by lighting six candles.
To remember the victims of the Holocaust, six candles should be lit – each candle symbolizing one million murdered Jewish souls.
PARTICIPANT #1
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PARTICIPANT #2
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PARTICIPANT #3
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PARTICIPANT #4
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PARTICIPANT #5
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PARTICIPANT #6
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Candle One: In memory of the helpless infants, children, and teenagers who were cut down like young trees before their time, before they had a chance to experience life.
We shall not forget.
Candle Two:
In memory of all others who died with their children in their arms.
We shall not forget.
Candle Three:
In memory of all mothers and fathers who were cruelly separated from their families.
We shall not forget.
Candle Four:
In memory of all scholars, teachers, rabbis, who were first to be seized.
We shall not forget.
Candle Five:
In memory of the Heroes of the Resistance, who fought the Nazis – so few against so many.
We shall not forget.
Candle Six:
In memory of the Martyrs who gave their lives to help their brothers and sisters under the Nazis.
We shall not forget.
Conclude the”Unto Every Person There is a Name” program with the closing remarks.
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Conclude the”Unto Every Person There is a Name” program with the closing remarks.
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