# a ? about yahrzeit candles **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 25, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678 "2008-12-25T21:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NadaHappyCamper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/1 "2008-12-25T21:11:28Z")
my question is : after the candle is done burning, and all that is left is the little glass jar, what is done with the glass jar? ``` thank you for your replies. nadahappycamper ``` ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/2 "2008-12-25T21:15:02Z")
Throw it away. It’s just a jar. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/3 "2008-12-25T21:24:51Z")
Nothing that says that the candle has to come in a glass jar, BTW – most Yahrzeit candles available in Israel come in a (very clearly) disposable \*aluminum \*container. Like \*\*Alessan \*\*said – it’s just a container. Once the candle has burned, throw it out. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/4 "2008-12-26T02:30:30Z")
In my family, we keep the jar from the seven-day candle that burns during the shiva period. For the subsequent yahrzeit candles, we just throw the jar out once the flame dies. Robin ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/5 "2008-12-26T03:37:55Z")
Just adding to the consensus, we used to throw ours out when I was a kid. I don’t light them as an adult but my parents are both still alive. I suppose I’d recycle it if I did one these days. It’s probably a little crass to use it as a juice glass. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/6 "2008-12-26T07:46:16Z")
It’s thrown out . . . and recycled. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/7 "2008-12-26T15:06:47Z")
We used to repurpose empty yahrzeit candle glasses as juice glasses. Now that we have enough juice glasses, we just recycle them. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-about-yahrzeit-candles/478678/8 "2008-12-26T16:26:37Z")
My grandparents have tons of glasses that they use for drinking that originally came from yahrzeit candles.