[Avodah] Number of Candles Lit

[Prof. Levine]

At 11:51 PM 7/9/2011, R. Micha wrote:

>I heard RARakeffetR suggest this line of reasoning, and seeing my own
>wife light that candle (or ask if one needs to when there is a "yahrzeit
>candle" for the same child underneath the Shabbos licht), it resonates.

As has been said, the custom in many homes is to lite two candles and 
then to add one for each child the family is blessed with.

What happens in the case of divorce?  Does the women reduce the 
number of candles by one after she is divorced? If not, then if she 
remarries, does she add another candle or leave the number the same 
as before?  If her  new husband has children, does she add candles 
for each one of them?

YL
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