Yahrtzeit
Sign in to saveAlso known as yortzite, yortseit, yortsayt, yartzeit, yartseit, yahrzeit, jahrzeit, johrzeit
thumb|This drawing by Alphonse Lévy (1843-1918) shows a man marking his wife's yahrzeit at her grave.
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- Name
- History
- Customs
- Date of observance
- Common practices
- Notable Yahrzeits
- See also
- References
thumb|This drawing by Alphonse Lévy (1843-1918) shows a man marking his wife's yahrzeit at her grave.
Yahrzeit (; ; ; ) is the anniversary of a death in Judaism. It is traditionally commemorated by reciting the Mourner's Kaddish during Jewish prayer services and by lighting a 24-hour Yahrzeit candle in the synagogue and/or at home.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yahrtzeit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.