A modern take on an ancient Ashkenazi women’s ritual. We gathered as the leaves were dying and the dark was increasing to make Soul Candles for the Solstice, Hanukkah and individual candles for Shabbat. In olden times, soul candles were made to light the synagogue or for ritual use during the Days of Awe. The women of a community measured the graves or cemeteries in the community, reciting specific prayers asking the ancestor to protect the community or asking them to intercede with G*d for blessings. They also called upon the merits of the ancestors to ask G*d for forgiveness and blessings for the living. The women then made the wicks into beeswax candles during the days after Rosh Hashanah. The candles were collected, brought to the shul, and lit for the Kol Nidre service. Building upon the ancient practice of cemetery and grave measuring or wrapping wicks around a gravestone, we worked with photos of our beloved departed ancestors, reflected on the blessings and prayers we needed and explored a variety of ways to make candles and imbue them with energy.