yahrzeit

plural yahrzeits · alternative jahrzeit · alternative yahrtzeit · alternative yartseit · alternative yartzeit · alternative yortsayt · alternative yortseit · alternative yortzite

1. JudaismThe anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.

   Let's remember Hank Greenberg's yahrzeit, the 30th of Av, which falls this year on Sept. 3.

   2016 August 10, Irwin Cohen, “Hank Greenberg’s 30th yahrzeit”, in The Jewish Press, New York, N.Y.: The Jewish Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2017

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   "Yahrzeit" (year's time) is the anniversary of the parent's death. On the evening preceding, a light is kindled in the house, and kept burning until the following sundown. Synagogue service in the morning and evening is also attended, and the kaddish recited. "Nahala" (inheritance) is the poetic equivalent of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews for the Teutonic Yahrzeit.

   1892 February, Richard Wheatley, “The Jews in New York.—II.”, in The Century Illustrated Magazine, volume XLIII, number 4, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 516

   Sad to say, the Yahrzeit of every-Jew is fading away from the memory of the average Jew in America.

   1930 August 1, Leon Spitz, “Tisha b’Ab—The yahrzeit of every Jew”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, Montreal, Que.: The Eagle Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

   The yahrzeit is here, and the least lachrymose country on earth is devising its rituals of commemoration.

   2002 September 2, Leon Wieseltier, “A Year Later”, in Peter Beinart, editor, The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: The Republic Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC