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[8] [6] It is usually not attended within the first year of mourning, until the first yahrzeit/meldado has passed. The Yizkor prayers are intended to be recited in a synagogue with a minyan; if one is unable to be with a minyan, one can recite it without one. Still, this practice is a custom and historically not regarded to be obligatory. [9]
Yahrzeit (Yiddish: יאָרצײַט, romanized: yortsayt, lit. 'year-time', plural יאָרצײַטן , yortsaytn ) [ 1 ] is the anniversary of a death in Judaism . It is traditionally commemorated by reciting the Kaddish in synagogue and by lighting a long-burning candle .
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A yahrzeit candle, also spelled yahrtzeit candle or called a memorial candle, (Hebrew: נר נשמה, ner neshama, meaning "soul candle"; Yiddish: יאָרצײַט ליכט yortsayt likht, meaning "anniversary candle") is a type of candle that is lit in memory of the dead in Judaism.
The recitation of the mourner's prayer is done for the soul of an individual who has died. The prayer itself is an appeal for the soul of the deceased to be given proper rest. [47] Typically recitation of this prayer is done at the graveside during burial, during the unveiling of the tombstone, as in the Yizkor services on Jewish holidays. If ...
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A part of the Yizkor books' shelves at the reading room at Yad Vashem library. Yizkor books (Yiddish: יזכור־בּוך, romanized: Yizkor-bukh, plural: יזכור־בּיכער, Yizkor-bikher) are memorial books commemorating a Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust.
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