Is there a source for lighting a candle in memory of a person or a Tzadik? And if there is, what would be the reason to do so?
Answer
http://www.chabad.org.il/Questions/Item.asp?ArticleID=588&CategoryID=68
The source for lighting a candle for a departed soul - is from Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi - who authored the Mishnayos - who commanded his family to leave a candle lit. Rabbenu Bachya explains that the soul has a sublime pleasure from candlelight.
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