yizkor

noun /ˈjɪzkəɹ/

1. An Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead.

   a yizkor book; a yizkor sermon

Where it comes from

From Hebrew יִזְכּוֹר (literally “may [God] remember”), from the opening word of the service.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry yizkor (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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