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 |
Alkovsky | Riva bas Yitzchak | Monday, June 12, 2023 | 23 Sivan |
Amburg | Genadiy ben Boris | Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 26 Sivan |
Angert | David ben Vladimir | Sunday, June 4, 2023 | 15 Sivan |
Arshinov | Yitzchok ben Shevel | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Babitsky | Gennady ben Isaak | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Berson | Yosef ben Yakov | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Beyzina | Tsilya bas Alexandeer | Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 21 Sivan |
Biberman | Lev ben Shevel | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Bilis | Rina bas Eliezer | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Birg | Tatyana bas Yudya | Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 22 Sivan |
Blinderman | Efraim ben Shaya | Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 6 Tammuz |
Bluvshteyn | Moisey ben Menashe | Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 28 Sivan |
Boguslavsky | Elya ben Shmuel | Friday, June 9, 2023 | 20 Sivan |
Bonchik | Velvel ben Moishe | Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 5 Tammuz |
Bragina | Tatyana bas Abram | Monday, June 5, 2023 | 16 Sivan |
Bratslavskaya | Yocheved bas Shlomo | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 8 Tammuz |
Bruskin | Sarah bas Yakov | Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 9 Tammuz |
Buhgalter | Aharon ben Isroel | Monday, June 12, 2023 | 23 Sivan |
Burakovskaya | Zhenya bas Avraham | Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 28 Sivan |
Chernobylskaya | Nadezhda bas Mark | Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 9 Tammuz |
Danilova | Roza bas Binyamin | Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | 24 Sivan |
Danilova | Sara bas Shamai | Monday, June 5, 2023 | 16 Sivan |
Davydova | Riva bas Samuil | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Dimanshteyn | Fayvish ben Getzel | Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 1 Tammuz |
Dorfman | Sophia bas Munia | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Dubrovskaya | Larisa bas Pinchas | Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 9 Tammuz |
Elkind | Irina bas Alexander | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 2 Tammuz |
Eskin | Semen ben Matvey | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Eydelman | Alexander ben Mendel | Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 1 Tammuz |
Feinboym | Moshe ben Yisroel | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Feinstein | Henry ben Shimon | Thursday, June 29, 2023 | 10 Tammuz |
Fingurt | Etel bas Isroel | Friday, June 16, 2023 | 27 Sivan |
Fridman | Ada bas Boris | Friday, June 16, 2023 | 27 Sivan |
Galperson | Sima bas Naum | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Gelman | Etel bas Boruch | Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 17 Sivan |
Gershkovich | Boris ben Petr | Friday, June 9, 2023 | 20 Sivan |
Giler | Chaim ben Leib | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Gimelman | Sofiya bas Hersh | Sunday, June 4, 2023 | 15 Sivan |
Gimplin | Michael ben Isaak | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Giterman | David ben Mendel | Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 28 Sivan |
Glikin | Yeshaya ben Boruch | Friday, June 30, 2023 | 11 Tammuz |
Goizman | Semen ben Zaveliy | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Goldberg | Mark ben Nachman | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Goldberg | Alexander ben Zinoviy | Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 28 Sivan |
Goltsfarb | Polina bas Iosif | Friday, June 23, 2023 | 4 Tammuz |
Gorelik | Haim ben Wolf | Sunday, July 2, 2023 | 13 Tammuz |
Gorodenskiy | Velvel ben Zalman | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Greenberg | Naum ben Moisey | Friday, June 23, 2023 | 4 Tammuz |
Grushevskaya | Yelena bas Leonid | Friday, June 16, 2023 | 27 Sivan |
Guterzon | Lazar ben Avraham | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Izakson | Mera Dvosya bas Emanuel | Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 21 Sivan |
Kashetskaya | Roza bas Avraham | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Kats | Rachel bas Moshe Gilya | Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 5 Tammuz |
Kaytsner | Rakhmil ben Yosel | Monday, June 12, 2023 | 23 Sivan |
Kechker | Eleonora bas David | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Keselman | Boris ben Samuil | Monday, July 3, 2023 | 14 Tammuz |
Keselman | David ben Chaim | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Khavinson | Anna bas Yakov | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Kishel | Sofia ben Natan | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Kogan | Lev ben Aron | Friday, June 16, 2023 | 27 Sivan |
Koltunov | Vladimir ben Leonid | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 8 Tammuz |
Korsky | Ilona bas Yuri | Monday, June 12, 2023 | 23 Sivan |
Kotlyar | Volf ben Boruch | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Kroshinsky | Semen ben Paltiel | Monday, July 3, 2023 | 14 Tammuz |
Kudryavtseva | Gitel bas Chaim | Saturday, July 1, 2023 | 12 Tammuz |
Lelchuk | Aharon ben Moshe Hirsh | Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 5 Tammuz |
Leschinsky | Anna bas Solomon | Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 22 Sivan |
Levina | Sarra bas Isaak | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Litvinova | Marina bas Vladimir | Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 26 Sivan |
Mamlina | Nelya bas Isaak | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 8 Tammuz |
Markovich | Rochel bas Yakov | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 8 Tammuz |
Mazur | Olda bas Zalman | Monday, June 26, 2023 | 7 Tammuz |
Melamed | Lev ben Moisei | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Melnikov | Eugene ben Nikolai | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Milyavskaya | Ninel bas Boris | Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 21 Sivan |
Mindich | Chaya bas Nuchim | Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 17 Sivan |
Mishkin | Yitzchak ben Shlomo | Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 26 Sivan |
Mogilevsky | Anshel ben Shulim | Monday, June 26, 2023 | 7 Tammuz |
Naivelt | Benya ben Michel | Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 5 Tammuz |
Nevtonenko | Rima bas Isaak | Friday, June 23, 2023 | 4 Tammuz |
Nodelman | Roman ben Gedalia | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Ostrozhansky | Mariay bas Aharon | Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 17 Sivan |
Ovrutskaya | Ida bas Yakov | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 2 Tammuz |
Pak | Mark ben Aaron | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 2 Tammuz |
Plax | Mina bas Moishe | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Raginsky | Yuri ben Naum | Saturday, July 1, 2023 | 12 Tammuz |
Raikhman | Dora bas Fishel | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Ratner | Sender ben Shmuel | Monday, June 26, 2023 | 7 Tammuz |
Raynes | Isaak ben Mordechai | Friday, June 9, 2023 | 20 Sivan |
Savitskaya | Lyudmila bas Moshe | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Schiff | Roselyn bas Efraim | Monday, June 5, 2023 | 16 Sivan |
Semenyuk | Leonid ben Gordey | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Shadkin | Alexander ben Boris | Friday, June 30, 2023 | 11 Tammuz |
Shayderman | Semen ben Lev | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Sheyrif | Bella bas Shimon | Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 26 Sivan |
Shiller | Sosia bas Moshe | Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | 24 Sivan |
Shnaydman | Alexander ben Aharon | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | 15 Tammuz |
Shneyder | Roza bas Iosif | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 25 Sivan |
Shokodko | Raisa bas Maxim | Sunday, July 2, 2023 | 13 Tammuz |
Shvarts | Semen ben Mark | Thursday, June 29, 2023 | 10 Tammuz |
Shvarts | Aleksander ben Moisey | Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 26 Sivan |
Sinelov | Albert ben Feivel | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 2 Tammuz |
Sitkovetskaya | Fira bas Max | Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 1 Tammuz |
Smolyansky | Michael ben | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Soloveychik | Sara bas Moisey | Monday, June 12, 2023 | 23 Sivan |
Soybelman | Viktor ben Moisey | Sunday, June 4, 2023 | 15 Sivan |
Spevak | Leonid ben Avraham | Friday, June 9, 2023 | 20 Sivan |
Spivak | Itzchok ben Chaim | Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 22 Sivan |
Stesel | Yakov ben Chaim | Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 6 Tammuz |
Taran | YakovYitzchakCh ben Bentzion | Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 5 Tammuz |
Taran | Yidle Ber ben Hevel | Sunday, June 18, 2023 | 29 Sivan |
Teleshevsky | Ester bas Dovid | Monday, June 5, 2023 | 16 Sivan |
Terlo | Boris ben Iosif | Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 9 Tammuz |
Tsentsiper | Zina bas Moisei | Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | 24 Sivan |
Urinova | Zoya bas Arkadiy | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Vaynshteyn | Bodana bas Avraham | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Vildaver | Boris ben David | Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 6 Tammuz |
Vilderman | Zinaida bas Lev | Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 19 Sivan |
Vinokurov | Lev ben Moshe | Sunday, June 4, 2023 | 15 Sivan |
Volpov | Riva bas Michael | Thursday, June 22, 2023 | 3 Tammuz |
Vorobeychik | Leonid ben Naum | Monday, June 5, 2023 | 16 Sivan |
Yampolskaya | Etel bas Mordechai | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 2 Tammuz |
Zakharenko-Elgort | Mark ben Munia | Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 6 Tammuz |
Zatz | Rivka bas Shmuel | Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 1 Tammuz |
Zavilyansky | Yeva bas Dovid | Monday, June 19, 2023 | 30 Sivan |
Zavin | Yitzchak ben Elik | Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 18 Sivan |
Zavodnik | Sura bas Shlomo | Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 28 Sivan |