Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
To the daughter who does not visit her mother, we say: Come home.
To the mother whose family who has perished from old age or enmity, we say: Come home.
To the son whose father is unknown, we say: Come home.
And to the broken-hearted who has been bound by all of this or none of it, we say: Come home.
As you turn to us during these holy days
let us turn to you,
our souls walking toward each other
and welcoming each other,
on the long and mysterious walk home.
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