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 |
Aleshker | Vera bas Isaak | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Ayzeman | Menicha bas Bentzion | Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 7 Sivan |
Bakun | Vladimir ben Emanuil | Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 27 Iyyar |
Bakun | Brayndl bas Aharon | Monday, June 17, 2024 | 11 Sivan |
Belsky | Rivka bas Gershon | Friday, May 24, 2024 | 16 Iyyar |
Berkman | Yakov ben Yitzchok | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Berman | Yakov ben Chaim leib | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Bezzubov | Peysach ben Gedalia | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 28 Iyyar |
Blyumenkrants | Aron ben Yosef | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 28 Iyyar |
Bolotin | Wolf ben Yoseph | Friday, June 7, 2024 | 1 Sivan |
Bondar | Malkah bas Pinchas | Monday, May 27, 2024 | 19 Iyyar |
Brin | Boris ben Abram | Thursday, May 30, 2024 | 22 Iyyar |
Brodsky | Luba bas Yefim | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Buhgalter | Chaya bas Girsh | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Davydova | Sura bas Yeshia | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Dikopf | Tatiana bas Samuil | Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 12 Sivan |
Donskaya | Klara bas Elia | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Drabkina | Yaninia bas Volf | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Eisenberg | Leib ben Shlomo | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Ekelman | Boris ben Abram | Monday, June 17, 2024 | 11 Sivan |
Eppel | Yelena bas Boris | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 14 Iyyar |
Fayn | Roza bas Michail | Sunday, June 9, 2024 | 3 Sivan |
Fiks | Lidiya bas Filip | Sunday, June 9, 2024 | 3 Sivan |
Filin | Anya bas Chona | Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 11 Iyyar |
Fishkin | Riva bas Moisey | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Gerzon | Musya bas Boris | Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 27 Iyyar |
Glebitskaya | Sofia bas Wolf | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Gleyzer | Boris ben Avraham | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Grach | Allan ben Gary | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Grinberg | Svetlana bas Semen | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Grosfiler | Yelena bas Gershon | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Gross | Leonid ben Isaak | Friday, June 7, 2024 | 1 Sivan |
Gurvitz | Alexander ben Boris | Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 20 Iyyar |
Ioffe | Mottle ben Aharon | Monday, June 10, 2024 | 4 Sivan |
Kaganova | Chana bas Avraham | Tuesday, June 11, 2024 | 5 Sivan |
Kantorovich | Faina bas Gershon | Friday, June 7, 2024 | 1 Sivan |
Kaplan | Yefim ben Shimon | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Katsman | Riva bas Abram | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 6 Sivan |
Katz | Joseph ben Matvey | Tuesday, June 11, 2024 | 5 Sivan |
Kavalerchik | Asya bas Gregory | Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 9 Sivan |
Kemel | Leah bas Yona | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Khodarkovsky | Klara bas Moshe | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Kholodenko | Galina bas Alexander | Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 27 Iyyar |
Khrabkov | Boris ben Semyon | Monday, June 17, 2024 | 11 Sivan |
Kitaigorodskaya | Malka bas Moshe | Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 12 Sivan |
Klement | Eliezer ben Lev | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 14 Iyyar |
Kofman | Isaak ben Hershel | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 15 Iyyar |
Kogan | Elka bas Dovid | Monday, June 10, 2024 | 4 Sivan |
Komornik | Golda bas Moisei | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Korneyeva | Rivka bas Moshe | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 6 Sivan |
Kozarovitsky | Maya bas Itzchak | Monday, May 27, 2024 | 19 Iyyar |
Kravetskaya | Golda bas Mendel | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Kurtzman | Leonid ben Yakov | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Lapidus | Rochel Leah bas Ruvim | Friday, June 7, 2024 | 1 Sivan |
Levin | Biana bas Mikhail | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 14 Iyyar |
Liberman | Bronia bas Shmuel | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Libman | Klara bas Yisroel | Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 13 Iyyar |
Livshutz | Lev ben Zaliy | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Lozovsky | Ella bas Iosif | Monday, May 27, 2024 | 19 Iyyar |
Margulis | Vladimir ben Bentzion | Sunday, May 26, 2024 | 18 Iyyar |
Matz | Moshe Gershon ben Yitzchok | Monday, June 10, 2024 | 4 Sivan |
Medvinskiy | Yuriy ben Alexandeer | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 28 Iyyar |
Mincu | Zinaida bas Samuil | Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 7 Sivan |
Mirskiy | Ilya ben Avrum | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 28 Iyyar |
Misionzhnik | Ida bas Elchonon | Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 11 Iyyar |
Mistetskaya | Pesya bas Fridel | Monday, June 17, 2024 | 11 Sivan |
Modilevsky | Eduard ben Geinech | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Morgenshtern | Maria bas | Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 25 Iyyar |
Nakhshin | Eugene ben Victor | Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 13 Iyyar |
Ovnanyan | Maria bas Lev | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Panich | Eduard ben Boris | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 6 Sivan |
Peisin | Pnina bas Yosef | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Perel | Leontiy ben Yakov | Tuesday, June 11, 2024 | 5 Sivan |
Perkas | Slava bas Mottle | Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 27 Iyyar |
Pestunovich | Ester bas Gersh | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 21 Iyyar |
Pismennaya | Lena bas Gregory | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 17 Iyyar |
Polak | Alta bas Shulim | Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 11 Iyyar |
Polishchuk | Yakov ben Efraim | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 17 Iyyar |
Radovskiy | Akiva ben Yosef | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 14 Iyyar |
Raginskaya | Malka bas Yosef | Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 9 Sivan |
Rapoport | Zalman ben Zundel | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 6 Sivan |
Rapoport | Bluma ben Avraham | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Rifman | Bronya bas Mordechai | Friday, June 14, 2024 | 8 Sivan |
Rokhlenko | Naum ben Gersh | Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 13 Iyyar |
Rozenbaum | Sheiva bas Israel | Monday, June 10, 2024 | 4 Sivan |
Sakovich | Ester bas Yosef | Monday, May 20, 2024 | 12 Iyyar |
Samoylovich | Sima bas Volf | Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 7 Sivan |
Shapiro | Yakov ben Eliezer | Monday, May 20, 2024 | 12 Iyyar |
Shechtman | Eliezer ben Shulim | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 17 Iyyar |
Shif | Yakov ben Maxim | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 17 Iyyar |
Shklyar | Sofia bas Alter | Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 11 Iyyar |
Shprits | Roald ben Aron | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Shraybman | Nikolay ben Yakov | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Shtarkman | Iosif ben Lazar | Friday, May 24, 2024 | 16 Iyyar |
Shtilkind | Eliyahu ben Nuchim | Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 12 Sivan |
Shvets | Chaim ben Natan | Monday, June 3, 2024 | 26 Iyyar |
Sorokina | Revekka bas Chaim | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 6 Sivan |
Steyman | Maria bas Lev | Monday, May 27, 2024 | 19 Iyyar |
Tsentsiper | Semen ben Gersh | Monday, May 27, 2024 | 19 Iyyar |
Tutunik | Gregory ben Stanislav | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 28 Iyyar |
Uchitel | Nelya bas Munia | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 13 Sivan |
Vaksman | Asya bas Moshe | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 15 Iyyar |
Vaynberg | Tzalill ben Boruch | Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 20 Iyyar |
Vazhinskaya | Svetlana bas Victor | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 15 Iyyar |
Veksler | Sonya bas Mendel | Thursday, May 30, 2024 | 22 Iyyar |
Vinareva | Dina bas Aron | Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 25 Iyyar |
Vinter | Zhanel bas Iosif | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Yakov | Yakov ben Aharon | Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 29 Iyyar |
Yekhevich | Raisa bas Yosef | Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 2 Sivan |
Yelperovich | Tsilya bas | Friday, May 24, 2024 | 16 Iyyar |
Zaborenko | David ben Yakov | Tuesday, June 11, 2024 | 5 Sivan |
Zakharenko | Rita bas Moisei | Friday, June 7, 2024 | 1 Sivan |
Zaltzman | Huna ben Avraham | Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 20 Iyyar |
Zaltzman | Gitya bas Shlomo | Monday, June 17, 2024 | 11 Sivan |
Zastenker | Frida bas Zalman | Monday, June 3, 2024 | 26 Iyyar |
Zhitz | Moshe ben Yisroel Volf | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 17 Iyyar |
Zhitz | Naum ben Vladimir | Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 25 Iyyar |