I never thought about candles being so important I never thought about candles the way you wrote in your article. I would like to include into your list of lighting a candle, birthday candles. Each year Hashem gives us the Bracha of celebrating our ‘birth day’ with the hope that we will use each day wisely. Although blowing out birthday candles are a secular tradition, the candles remind us that we are one year older and that our ability to do good or bad is like the flickering of the wick. Thank-you for giving me
the appreciation of a candle

I never thought about candles the way you wrote in your article. I would like to include into your list of lighting a candle, birthday candles. Each year Hashem gives us the Bracha of celebrating our ‘birth day’ with the hope that we will use each day wisely. Although blowing out birthday candles are a secular tradition, the candles remind us that we are one year older and that our ability to do good or bad is like the flickering of the wick. Thank-you for giving me
the appreciation of a candle