yahrzeit

"I want to go there on his yahrzeit," the anniversary of a death.

However, it differs from a regular yahrzeit in two respects.

Here it will not be at a gravestone but by a lit yahrzeit candle.

Rabbi's Heschel's 26th yahrzeit, the anniversary of his death, was observed last week.

The yahrzeit candle is lit during the week of Shiva (mourning).

The Scrabble board was set out, the yahrzeit candle flickering, as if she were playing with a ghost.

But the turning point for Goldman comes with his mother's yahrzeit, the anniversary of his mother's death.

His yahrzeit is on the 9 Cheshvan.

He had just returned from synagogue where he had gone to mark the yahrzeit, or anniversary, of his father's death.

Yizkor is customarily not said within the first year of mourning, until the first yahrzeit has passed.

His yahrzeit is widely known as a Yom Hillula, a day of celebration.

"Yahrzeit: September 11 Observed," objects reflecting the Jewish community's response after the attacks.

The administration now posts a sign warning kohanim to stay out of the yeshiva building on the day of a yahrzeit.

The custom of lighting a yahrzeit candle for the deceased is very widespread and deeply ingrained in Jewish life.

There is thus a very widely observed custom to celebrate on his yahrzeit at his burial place in Meron.

As a widely practiced custom, mourners also light a special candle that burns for 24 hours, called a "Yahrzeit candle".

As such, the custom of lighting fires on his yahrzeit (anniversary of death) symbolizes this revelation of powerful light.

In the 1870s the congregation removed yahrzeit candles from the sanctuary, and added family pews and a mixed choir (men and women together).

Tyrnau's work is noted as the first to discuss in detail the idea of the Yahrzeit (the commemoration of the anniversary of a death).

'Lincoln's Yahrzeit: Pesah and the Death of an American President'

According to the Jewish custom, he had observed yahrzeit, the anniversary date of a parent's death, by saying the Kaddish, a mourner's prayer for the dead.

On view through Sunday, "Yahrzeit: Sept. 11 Observed," with objects that reflect responses by Jews to the attacks.

His yahrzeit, 3 Tammuz is noted in certain Orthodox circles, by adherents that say prayers to elevate the memories of righteous individuals.

Each year, on the eve of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, his Yahrzeit is commemorated by his family.

But every now and again, something rears up - a yahrzeit or a stray remark - and the dark years come back again and hold me tight.