Birthdays

Source: Halachipedia: Birthdays

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Exported: 2025-12-30

1. Some say that one should avoid blowing out a birthday candles and making a wish since it is based on an ancient Greek pagan practice.¹

References

¹: Halachically Speaking (Volume 9 Issue 11) citing Rav Belsky