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Lighting a candle:[1] [Shulchan Aruch]
It is customary to light a candle at the time of the Bris Mila. [Some are accustomed to light a candle near the child starting right after the birth of a boy in order to protect them from Mazikin. This applies especially the night before the Bris.[2]]
_________________________________[1] Rama Y.D. 265:5; Shach 265:21; Tosafus Sanhedrin 32b; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 150:11
[2] Zecher David 1:22; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 150:11
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