Yahrzeit

Yahrzeit (Yiddish, from German, yahr, year, plus zeit, time)^[1] in Judaism is the yearly observance of the death of a close family member. There are a number of common customs for Jews observing a yahrzeit. These include remembering the relative, lighting memorial candles, saying special prayers, giving money to charity, and visiting the grave of the relative.

The date of the yahrzeit is fixed by the Hebrew calendar.

Yahrzeit Media

Early 20th-century Yahrzeit table, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland
Yahrzeit candles for sale at a Jewish grocery store
Memorial plaques on a synagogue Yahrzeit board

References

↑ Sephardic Jews usually use the Hebrew word nakhala, inheritance.

Other websites

Lamm, Rabbi Maurice. The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

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[1] Sephardic Jews usually use the Hebrew word nakhala, inheritance.

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