Should birthdays be celebrated? Is having a birthday cake and candles a problem of Chukos Hagoyim? Can they be blown out?

from Halacha Headlines · host Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky Rosh HaYeshiva Lev Aryeh, Yerushalayim Rabbi Avi Weisenfeld Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah Rabbi Dr. Zvi Rohn Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos Rabbi Simon Jacobson Chozer o

Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how?Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70th?How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70th this week?Have the gedolim historically celebrated their own birthdays?Is there a problem of Chukas Hagoyim to have a birthday cake? To have candles on it? To blow out the candles? To make a wish?

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Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how? Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70th? How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70th this week? Have the gedolim historically celebrated their own birthdays? Is there a problem of Chukas Hagoyim to have a birthday cake? To have candles on it? To blow out the candles? To make a wish?