Yizkor

[ Sephardic Hebrew yeez-kawr; Ashkenazic Hebrew yis-kuhr, yiz-; English yis-ker ]

noun

, Hebrew.

1. the Jewish service for commemorating the dead, held on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzereth, the second day of Shavuoth, and the last day of Passover.

Yizkor

/ ˈjizkor /

noun

1. Judaism a memorial prayer included in the liturgy for certain festivals

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yizkor¹

yizkōr may He be mindful

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yizkor¹

from Hebrew, literally: let him remember

Example Sentences

Some offering Yizkor, or remembrance, prayers were doing so in honor of slain loved ones.

From Washington Times

Some offering Yizkor, or remembrance, prayers were doing so in honor of slain loved ones.

From Seattle Times

This week, lighting a white Yizkor memorial candle for my father, I've decided to fast in downtown Manhattan, his old haunt, remembering how lucky we were that he came home to us that night, repeating his story which is now my story — and prayer.

From Salon

Only moments before, Lori Gilbert Kaye, 60, his friend of two decades and a pioneering congregant at Chabad of Poway, had stopped the rabbi to ask what time Yizkor would begin, a seasonal prayer meant to celebrate and remember those who have died.

From Washington Post

So far, it has worked that way for Ruth Fertig, who last year won a Student Academy Award for a documentary, “Yizkor,” about her grandmother’s experience in a concentration camp, after having gotten a graduate degree in film from the University of Texas, Austin.

From New York Times