Yahrzeit
Anniversaries are natural occasions for remembrance. The anniversary of the passing of someone near and dear, the yahrzeit, is no exception. It evokes bittersweet emotions. Echoes of voices long silenced are still heard. Images of experiences once shared crowd in upon us. Smiling faces, never fully erased from our memory, capture our attention. Special gestures, special customs, special scenes are especially vivid on yahrzeit days. We relive pleasant occasions, and, sadly, relive times of sadness too. When it is possible to do so, we visit the graves of our loved ones at such times, allowing our stream of consciousness to join us to them through the miracle of memory.
But the yahrzeit of a person near and dear to us is more than just an occasion for sentiment and sadness. It reestablishes links, which transcend the passing of time, links that are forged by the ongoing acceptance of responsibility for those we love – even beyond the grave.
Our tradition maintains that the initial judgment of our loved ones takes place within twelve month of their passing. However, it also holds that the elevation of their souls at that time is not final. Through our continued commitment to our faith and our unceasing pursuit of good deeds, we help assure their continued progress through the heavenly spheres, enhancing their existence as they draw ever nearer to God – the Source of all existence. Our tradition also says that the spiritual progression of our beloved departed takes place in annual stages, and that their progress is determined on each yahrzeit.
Customs of observing Yahrzeit
A candle should burn in every residence where the yahrzeit is observed. It should be kindled in the evening, burn for the entire next day until it goes out on its own. Special “yahrzeit candles” are sold at Jewish book and food stores. Many people fast on the yahrzeit of their parents. It is customary to have a Memorial prayer recited in the synagogue. Try to visit the cemetery and recite special prayers. If possible, arrange a Torah study group at home on the day of yahrzeit. You should try to attend a synagogue and say Kadish on the day of the yahrzeit, or at least ask somebody to say Kadish on behalf of your grandmother. When saying Kadish you should have in mind the Jewish name and the father’s name of the deceased. Send donation in memory of the deceased.
Our Synagogue has Memorial Board with plaques recording the Hebrew and English name of the deceased and the Hebrew date of death.
If you need assistance in conducting a Yahrzeit service please contact our Synagogue.
Last Name | Hebrew Name | Date | Hebrew Date |
Avshalumov | Elisha ben Zevulun | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Ayzenberg | Girsh ben Yisroel | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 20 Shevat |
Babitsky | Mira bas Chaim | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar II |
Badalov | Avraham ben Khanuko | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar |
Balder | Shmuel ben Mordechai | Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 27 Shevat |
Baron | Oleg ben Lazar | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Barrett | Shayna Pesha bas Yosef | Friday, February 10, 2023 | 19 Shevat |
Berkovich | Ada bas Israel | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
Berliner | Eliezer Yechiel ben Naftoli | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar II |
Berman | Maria bas Yakov | Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 25 Shevat |
Besprozvannyy | Michael ben Shaya | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 23 Shevat |
Beyzin | Solomon ben David | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 30 Shevat |
Blokh | Sholom ben Avraham | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar |
Bodner | Ruchlya bas Yitzchok | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar |
Braginsky | Asya bas Meir | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 20 Shevat |
Budilovsky | Izabella bas Mevsha | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Burman | Iosif ben Shmuel | Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 27 Shevat |
Chizhmakova | Ester bas Avraham Yitzhok | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar II |
Danilov | Leonid ben Avraham | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar II |
Delm | Yakov ben Michael | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 30 Shevat |
Denenberg | Tsilya bas Zelig | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 23 Shevat |
Dimarsky | Dovid ben Eliezer | Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 18 Shevat |
Dubinskaya | Rakhil bas David | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar I |
Dubrovinskaya | Fanya bas Boris | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
Dudnik | Gregory ben Rafail | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Dudnik | Irina bas Yakov | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Dvoretskiy | Yudle ben Yosef | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Dymerskaya | Shifra bas Elia | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar I |
Edelsteyn | Zinaida bas Moisei | Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 13 Shevat |
Elsner | Michail ben Karl | Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 27 Shevat |
Entin | Boris ben Isser | Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 25 Shevat |
Feldfuks | Riva bas Yevsey | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Feldman | Avraham Leib ben Shimon | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar |
Fintushal | Moshe ben Avraham | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
Fishkin | Yefim ben Michail | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar |
Frid | Michail ben Israel | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar I |
Fridman | Eduard ben Moisey | Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 18 Shevat |
Gershteyn | Felix ben Samson | Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 13 Shevat |
Glikman | Alexander ben Yefim | Sunday, February 12, 2023 | 21 Shevat |
Goldyuk | Naum ben Solomon | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Gonchar | Michail ben Gregoriy | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Gorelik | Semyon ben Binyomin | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 23 Shevat |
Gorenshteyn | Roza bas Dovid | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar I |
Greyman | Peisach ben Alexander | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar II |
Grin | Pesya bas Isaak | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar II |
Grinshpan | Gregory ben Abram | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar |
Grinshpun | Sofia bas Victor | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar |
Grinshtpan | Chaya bas Yudel | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 30 Shevat |
Gutin | Leonid ben Semen | Monday, February 6, 2023 | 15 Shevat |
Gutina | Riva bas David | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Ivankova | Bella bas Vladimir | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 20 Shevat |
Kaganovich | Bella bas Yevsey | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar II |
Kaminsky | Ilya ben David | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar I |
Kanevskiy | Anatoliy ben Moisei | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Kantarovich | Lilya bas Leopold | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar II |
Kaparovskaya | Danya bas Eliyahu | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar |
Kats | Gregoriy ben Avraham | Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 2 Adar II |
Katsev | Anna bas | Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 18 Shevat |
Katsman | Abram ben Ruven | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Khait | Genya bas Leib | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Khanuk | Zhenya bas Hershel | Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 14 Shevat |
Kholyavskaya | Genrietta bas Lazar | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar |
Kirov | Alexander ben Toivel | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Kleynerman | Ratsya bas Rafael | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Kostovetsky | Anna bas Iser | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar |
Kritsmar | Yakov ben Volf | Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 13 Shevat |
Krugman | Yosef ben Mendel | Sunday, February 12, 2023 | 21 Shevat |
Kutman | Manya bas Mendel | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Lagunov | Leonid ben Hershel | Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 14 Shevat |
Levina | Nechama bas David | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Levitin | Anatoly ben Yefim | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Liechten | Irina bas Sergei | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar I |
Linchuk | Lyuba bas Isaak | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar I |
Litovskay | Bronya bas Yakov | Sunday, February 12, 2023 | 21 Shevat |
Livshits | Leonid ben Avraham | Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 18 Shevat |
Makhover | Lazar ben Naum | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar |
Margolin | Ikar ben Lev | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar |
Mats | Girsh ben Yisroel | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar I |
Maziya | Tsilya bas Michael | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar |
Medisitsky | Ilya ben Yuzef | Sunday, February 12, 2023 | 21 Shevat |
Melandovich | Yakov ben Boris | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Melman | Ita Liba bas Yidle | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar |
Men | Bronya bas Eliyahu | Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 27 Shevat |
Mereshchenskaya | Tsilya bas Isaak | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Meyerzon | Anna bas Moisei | Monday, February 6, 2023 | 15 Shevat |
Meytis | Faina bas Gregory | Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 2 Adar |
Mileykovsky | Rachil bas Yefim | Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 4 Adar |
Milikhiker | Isaak ben Lazar | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Miller | Sofia bas Gregory | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 23 Shevat |
Moiseyeva | Mazaltov bas Yakub | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Monisov | Lazar ben Avraham | Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | 16 Shevat |
Muchnik | Israel ben Yefim | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Nadel | Leonid ben Arnold | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar I |
Namts | Iosif ben Michail | Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 2 Adar |
Naryzhny | Galina bas Iosif | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Novoselsky | Braindle bas Pinchas Hirsch | Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 5 Adar I |
Ostrovskaya | Olga bas Isaak | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Ostrovsky | Gennady ben Moisey | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Pavchinsky | Boris ben Polina | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Pavlotskaya | Rachel bas Avraham | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
Peisin | Yosef ben Dvora | Monday, February 6, 2023 | 15 Shevat |
Peker | Ida bas Gregory | Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 25 Shevat |
Pekler | Fanya bas Yevgeniy | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 30 Shevat |
Pelts | Frida bas Feivel | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Pesin | Eliezer ben Eliyahu | Friday, February 24, 2023 | 3 Adar |
Polyakov | Chansya bas Vladimir | Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 4 Adar I |
Portnov | Michail ben Zyama | Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 27 Shevat |
Rabinovich | Etel bas Shmuel | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Raikin | Iosif ben Lev | Friday, February 10, 2023 | 19 Shevat |
Raykhlina | Berta bas Yakov | Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 2 Adar I |
Reider | Zachar ben Yakov | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 20 Shevat |
Rikles | Yosef ben Solomon | Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 4 Adar |
Roberg | Maria bas Godel | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar I |
Rokhkind | Mera bas Lazar | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Rubinshteyn | Yevgeniya bas Ilya | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar II |
Rudyak | Ida bas Mark | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Ryklin | Rivka bas Mendel | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Safronov | Ilya ben Naum | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
Shakhnovskaya | Mariya bas Yerachmiel | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Shevtsova | Chaya Zisel bas Natan | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar II |
Shilt | Bronya bas Shlomo | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Shklyar | Zina bas Semen | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 20 Shevat |
Shlyakhtichman | Kaila bas Nachman | Friday, February 10, 2023 | 19 Shevat |
Shmelevich | Genya bas Mendel | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar |
Shmuts | Manya bas Iosif | Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | 16 Shevat |
Shvartser | Nelya bas Isroel | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar II |
Simanduyev | Valeriy ben Irmis | Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 18 Shevat |
Simanduyev | Gena ben Irmiyahu | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Simkina | Tatyana bas Aharon | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar II |
Skoropistzeva | Lyudmila bas Semyon | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Slutskaya | Fira bas Moshe | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Sobol | Roza bas Isaak | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 17 Shevat |
Sokiryanskaya | Irina bas Mark | Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 2 Adar I |
Strelchin | Esfir bas Avraham | Monday, February 13, 2023 | 22 Shevat |
Tokar | Beyla bas Mendel | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 23 Shevat |
Torchinskaya | Chaya Bela bas Boruch | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar II |
Tsyrkin | Moisey ben Zalman | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar I |
Turetskaya | Malka bas Yakov | Monday, February 6, 2023 | 15 Shevat |
Uman | Baruch ben Yerachmiel | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar II |
Vaksina | Margarita bas Iosif | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Vay | Yakov ben Avraham | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Vaysman | Yakov ben Boris | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar |
Vider | Hinda bas Yitzchak | Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 28 Shevat |
Vinokurova | Rachil bas Leib | Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 11 Shevat |
Vorobyeva | Roza bas Chaim | Friday, February 3, 2023 | 12 Shevat |
X | Avraham ben Aharon | Sunday, February 12, 2023 | 21 Shevat |
Yablokov | Arkady ben | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar |
Yalovetsky | Dmitry ben Michail | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar II |
Yelkonovich | Fenya bas Michael | Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 13 Shevat |
Yeruchimovich | Misha ben | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Yusim | Chaim ben Menachem | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 7 Adar II |
Zak | David ben Vladimir | Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 4 Adar |
Zakusilo | Yuri ben Maria | Monday, February 20, 2023 | 29 Shevat |
Zaretskaya | Chava bas Shmerl | Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 14 Shevat |
Zaturenskaya | Ester bas Shmuel | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Zavlina | Inna bas Zinoviy | Friday, February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat |
Zayats | Elka bas Mark | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 24 Shevat |
Zeldich | David ben Miron | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 1 Adar I |
Zhivilik | Doba bas Berel | Monday, February 27, 2023 | 6 Adar I |
Zilbergleyt | Sofia bas Dovid | Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 13 Shevat |
Zilberman | Olga bas Avraham | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar II |
Zingman | Riva bas Yakov | Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 8 Adar |
Zingman | Liliya bas Israel | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 9 Adar I |
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