Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The anniversary of the death of a relative, observed with mourning and the recitation of religious texts.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anyone who has watched the last 5 or so minutes of CSI: NY this past Wednesday - an episode titled "Yahrzeit" - should know what I'm talking about.
TiVo Community 2009
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Anyone who has watched the last 5 or so minutes of CSI: NY this past Wednesday - an episode titled "Yahrzeit" - should know what I'm talking about.
TiVo Community JLucPicard 2009
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"I have 'Yahrzeit' for my mother," explained Jo Lewis, glancing toward the taper after greeting his visitors.
Other Things Being Equal Emma Wolf 1898
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We light a Yahrzeit candle on the anniversary of her death every year.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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We light a Yahrzeit candle on the anniversary of her death every year.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Yet here in Israel, with my parents long gone and no known Yahrzeit date for any of my four grandparents murdered in the death camps, I find myself year after year yearning to mark the day in some meaningful way.
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But she lights the Yahrzeit candle for her mother because she saw her mother lighting the candle for her mother.
Esther Dischereit. 2009
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Her Yiddish records “Eli, Eli” (which was also popularized by Belle Baker) and “Yahrzeit” sold for $1.75 each in 1921.
Sophie Braslau. 2009
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In the years between our births, there were at least three miscarriages and one heartbreakingly stillborn baby boy that my mother still lights a Yahrzeit candle for every year.
Balancing in High Heels Eileen Rendahl 2004
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In the years between our births, there were at least three miscarriages and one heartbreakingly stillborn baby boy that my mother still lights a Yahrzeit candle for every year.
Balancing in High Heels Eileen Rendahl 2004
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