Definition of Yizkor in English:
Yizkor
nounplural noun Yizkor, plural noun Yizkors
A memorial service held by Jewish people on certain holy days for deceased relatives or martyrs.
‘On the Jewish holidays at the Yizkor service, I feel really good.’- ‘The Yizkor service was instituted so that the Jew may pay homage to his forebears and recall the good life and traditional goals.’
- ‘On the day of Yizkor, one should attend services in the morning.’
- ‘These are the opening words of Yizkor, the central prayer for the dead recited on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.’
Pronunciation
Origin
From Hebrew yizkōr, literally ‘may (God) remember’.
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