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 ->
g-d of friends
and roommates
coworkers
and co-religionists
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and g-d, still
of all of us whose differences
still lead us to each otherÂ
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allow us to spend this family day
with the ones who make our hearts sing
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to remind us that we are notÂ
what we lack
motherless
fatherless
stranger
alone
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and to make a life worth livingÂ
that is both freely and deliciously chosen
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so we may be sustained by the family of our own choosing today and all of our days.
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amen.
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