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Yizkor

Yizkor

1 9.9
A Jewish prayer or service to remember and pray for dead relatives during certain holidays
  • noun
  • /ˈjɪz.kɔr/
: Yizkor
  • They pray in the language of their newspapers and call it Yizkor.
  • Yizkor service
  • Yizkor book

Examples

  • I attended the Yizkor service to honor the memories of my grandparents who have passed away.

  • "But I wasn't at that Yizkor service."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • "At Yizkor service, the last day of Passover at Kehilath Israel," I told him.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • A pupil read the secular memorial prayer, Yizkor (Remember).

    Academic text (1997)

  • Behind the stage, erected for the ceremony, was a black backdrop reading, in white, " Remember " (yizkor).

    Academic text (1997)

  • It reminds me of my childhood days during the High Holy Days, when my parents would go to Yizkor (the services to remember the dead), from which we children were excluded, and would emerge to our wonder with reddened eyes as they

    Academic text (1992)

  • During the Yizkor services held at the synagogue, we recited prayers for our loved ones who are no longer with us.

  • Every year at Passover, our community gathers for the Yizkor prayer to remember those we've lost.

Synonyms

kaddish
vsYizkor
6 9.9

A Jewish prayer said in synagogue, often for someone who has died

is a special memorial service held on certain holidays to remember relatives

Surface Forms

Yizkor singular
Yizkorim plural

Etymology

Yizkor comes from the Hebrew root z-k-r, which means 'remember'. So Yizkor is a prayer that asks God to remember the dead, and that is why it is used as a Jewish memorial service for loved ones.