Is there a blessing recited over kindling lights on Yom Kippur, and does it differ from the Sabbath blessing?

Yom KippurObservance

Synopsis

The Ashkenazi custom is to recite a blessing when kindling lights on Yom Kippur. If Yom Kippur falls on the Sabbath, the blessing combines both occasions: 'to light the candle of Shabbat and Yom Kippur.'

Late Acharonim
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