Yahrzeit (literally, “year time”) is the Yiddish word for “anniversary,” referring specifically to the Hebrew anniversary of the date of a person’s passing. Observed from nightfall to nightfall (like all Jewish dates), the yahrzeit is a special time to remember the departed and do good deeds for the merit of the soul, which ascends higher in heaven on this date.
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.
- It is customary to have a Memorial prayer recited in the synagogue.
- Try to visit the cemetery and recite special prayers.
- 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 loved one. When saying Kadish you should have in mind person's Jewish name and his/her father's name
- Send donation in memory of your loved one.
Last Name | Hebrew Name | Date | Hebrew Date |
Arensky | Yelizaveta bas Isaak | Monday, October 16, 2023 | 1 Heshvan |
Bardenstein | Itzchak ben Yakov | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Belson | Semyon ben Avraham | Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 10 Heshvan |
Berdichevsky | Michail ben Yisroel | Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 10 Heshvan |
Bolotina | Klara chaya bas Yitzchak | Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 9 Heshvan |
Braginsky | Yefim ben Gregory | Saturday, October 7, 2023 | 22 Tishri |
Brodskiy | Israel ben Moshe | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Brunstein | Leo ben Kalman | Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 11 Heshvan |
Bukhalo | Tala bas Munia | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Burd | Gershon Binyomin ben Eliezer | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Cherdak | Sofia bas Toiva | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Chertkov | Boruch ben Motle | Friday, October 13, 2023 | 28 Tishri |
Daman | Irene bas Abram | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Daman | Isaak ben Moisiey | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Dekhterman | Moshe ben Boruch | Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 27 Tishri |
Dinenzon | Grigoriy ben Isaac | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Drozdov | Sofia bas Iosif | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |
Dubossarskiy | Naum ben Yitzchak | Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 6 Heshvan |
Duzhanskaya | Shura bas Wolf | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 26 Tishri |
Elkin | Avraham ben Yitzchok | Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 10 Heshvan |
Epshteyn | Boruch Chaim ben Solomon | Monday, October 2, 2023 | 17 Tishri |
Filipova | Lilia bas Velvel | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |
Frukhlender | Vladimir ben Leib | Monday, October 9, 2023 | 24 Tishri |
Furman | Raisa bas Yisroel | Monday, October 9, 2023 | 24 Tishri |
Galper | Aizik ben Tevel | Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 9 Heshvan |
Gershman | Chana bas Leib | Friday, October 27, 2023 | 12 Heshvan |
Gindush | Faina bas Chaim | Saturday, October 7, 2023 | 22 Tishri |
Gofman | Manya bas Aharon | Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 9 Heshvan |
Gofshteyn | Sofia bas Girsh | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Gokhman | Lyudmila bas Hatzkel | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Goldenberg | Ida bas Miron | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 13 Heshvan |
Golub | Larisa bas Feitel | Monday, October 23, 2023 | 8 Heshvan |
Gozman | Alla bas Gregory | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Grinshpan | Yelena bas Binyomin | Friday, October 13, 2023 | 28 Tishri |
Gurevich | Alla bas Abram | Sunday, October 15, 2023 | 30 Tishri |
Haytin | Zyama ben Gershon | Friday, October 13, 2023 | 28 Tishri |
Ioffe | Tuvia ben Efraim Reuven | Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 29 Tishri |
Kaminsky | Alik ben Iosif | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |
Kanevskaya | Izabela bas Leib | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 13 Heshvan |
Kanevski | Rita bas Nachum | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Kanevsky | Anatoly ben | Sunday, October 8, 2023 | 23 Tishri |
Kats | Rema bas Yefim | Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 16 Tishri |
Kerzhenevich | Sonia bas Abram | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4 Heshvan |
Khait | Sofiya bas Moisey | Sunday, October 15, 2023 | 30 Tishri |
Knobel | David ben Mordechai | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4 Heshvan |
Komsky | Galina bas Zalman | Friday, October 6, 2023 | 21 Tishri |
Krimus | Ester bas Chaim | Monday, October 30, 2023 | 15 Heshvan |
Kuperman | Ilya ben Shlomo | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishri |
Kupershtok | Vladimir ben Yefim | Friday, October 27, 2023 | 12 Heshvan |
Kushnir | Alexander ben Gregory | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Leites | Luba bas | Monday, October 23, 2023 | 8 Heshvan |
Levit | Tsila bas Berel | Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 7 Heshvan |
Leykekhman | Larisa bas Volf | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishri |
Leykekhman | Shunya ben Shimshon | Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 19 Tishri |
Lorman | Bella bas Isaak | Sunday, October 8, 2023 | 23 Tishri |
Lyandres | Semen ben Lazar | Monday, October 2, 2023 | 17 Tishri |
Lyandres | Liza bas Reuven | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Mironchuk | Gregory ben Solomon | Monday, October 30, 2023 | 15 Heshvan |
Moina | Roza bas Dovid | Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 29 Tishri |
Moldavskiy | Iosif ben Avraham | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Monisova | Raisa bas Aharon | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Nilevskaya | Sofiya bas Bentzion | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Nouss | Leib ben Yosef | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Olshansky | Tzali ben Yehoshua Mendel | Sunday, October 29, 2023 | 14 Heshvan |
Ostrozhansky | Nikolay ben Yefim | Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 16 Tishri |
Pantofel | Avraham ben Moisei | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Peisin | Daniil ben Moisey | Monday, October 30, 2023 | 15 Heshvan |
Pitetska | Manya bas Moshe | Monday, October 16, 2023 | 1 Heshvan |
Polyachenko | Irina bas Semen | Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 27 Tishri |
Polyakov | Valentin ben Ivan | Friday, October 6, 2023 | 21 Tishri |
Rabovitser | Aron ben Chaim Leib | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Rapoport | Meri bas Isaak | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 26 Tishri |
Robey | Sarah bas Aharon | Monday, October 30, 2023 | 15 Heshvan |
Rozman | Chaya bas Volf | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Rozovsky | Boris ben Yefim | Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 19 Tishri |
Rubin | Iosif ben Samuil | Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 3 Heshvan |
Ryazanova | Irina bas Abram | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Rybchinskaya | Rozita bas San | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Schenblum | Avraham ben Moshe | Monday, October 30, 2023 | 15 Heshvan |
Sekler | Enna bas Yefim | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 26 Tishri |
Shapiro | Binyomin ben Yakov | Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 6 Heshvan |
Shats | Evgeniya bas Gregory | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4 Heshvan |
Sheinkman | Avraham ben Akiva | Friday, October 13, 2023 | 28 Tishri |
Shekhter | Maks ben Moisei | Sunday, October 15, 2023 | 30 Tishri |
Shmaryan | Anya bas Nusim | Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 29 Tishri |
Simachevskaya | Roza bas Melech | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 26 Tishri |
Skvirsky | Boris ben Ilya | Monday, October 23, 2023 | 8 Heshvan |
Sorsher | Genya bas Samuil | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Spektor | Tema Reiza bas Michail | Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5 Heshvan |
Spektor | Veniamin ben Mark | Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 11 Heshvan |
Steymatskaya | Svetlana bas Asir | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Sulpovar | Tevye ben Volf | Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 6 Heshvan |
Sutin | Yaakov ben Gersh | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Sverdlov | Bella bas Michail | Sunday, October 8, 2023 | 23 Tishri |
Tarasov | Reuven ben Gavsei Meir | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4 Heshvan |
Tartakovskaya | Mariya bas Buzya | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishri |
Tokarskiy | Isaak ben Moisey | Friday, October 13, 2023 | 28 Tishri |
Tsipis | Ester Rivka bas Mendel | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishri |
Tsygenbard | Anya bas Avraham | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |
Uretskiy | Matvey ben Nochum | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 18 Tishri |
Vayntrub | Boris ben Gregory | Monday, October 16, 2023 | 1 Heshvan |
X | Yuri ben Sheilak | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2 Heshvan |
Yakerson | Sulamif bas Yevsei | Monday, October 9, 2023 | 24 Tishri |
Yampolskaya | Meri bas BoruchMordechai | Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 25 Tishri |
Yankelevich | Perlya bas Gregory | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |
Yankelevich | Alexander ben Shika | Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 16 Tishri |
Yuditskaya | Ira bas Roman | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 13 Heshvan |
Yurkovsky | Refail ben Meir | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishri |
Zaidel | David ben Gershon | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 17 Heshvan |
Zaidel | Sarah bas Tzadok | Friday, October 6, 2023 | 21 Tishri |
Zeldina | Sara bas Zalman | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 16 Heshvan |