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The Yahrzeit is a unique day on the Jewish calender marking the one year anniversary of a loved one's passing. | The Yahrzeit is a unique day on the Jewish calender marking the one year anniversary of a loved one's passing. | ||
==When to Establish a Yahrzeit== | ==When to Establish a Yahrzeit== | ||
# If the person was buried the day he died or the next day then the yehrzeit every year is established as the day of the death.<ref>The Rama quotes the Trumat Hadeshen as establishing that the yehrzeit is always established as the day of death and not the day of the burial unless he was at the burial and not the death. The Taz 402:9 disagrees and holds that the yehrzeit is always the day of the death.</ref> However, if he was buried two days or more after the death then the first yehrzeit is the day of the burial so that it falls out on the day of the completion of the 12 month mourning period and every subsequent yehrzeit is the day of the death.<ref>Shach YD 402:10 argues with the Taz that from the Trumat Hadeshen it is evident that the yehrzeit is supposed to be the day of the completion of the 12 months of mourning. His compromise is that if the person was buried on the day of his death or the next day then the yehrzeit is observed on the day of the death, but if it is delayed two days or more then the first yehrzeit is observed on the day of the burial.</ref> If the burial was delayed two days or more and the first year was a leap year then the yehrzeit is observed on the day of the death since the 12 month mourning period would already have been completed within the first 12 months.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 402:3</ref> | # If the person was buried the day he died or the next day then the yehrzeit every year is established as the day of the death.<ref>The Rama quotes the Trumat Hadeshen as establishing that the yehrzeit is always established as the day of death and not the day of the burial unless he was at the burial and not the death. The Taz YD 402:9 disagrees and holds that the yehrzeit is always the day of the death.</ref> However, if he was buried two days or more after the death then the first yehrzeit is the day of the burial so that it falls out on the day of the completion of the 12 month mourning period and every subsequent yehrzeit is the day of the death.<ref>Shach YD 402:10 argues with the Taz that from the Trumat Hadeshen it is evident that the yehrzeit is supposed to be the day of the completion of the 12 months of mourning. His compromise is that if the person was buried on the day of his death or the next day then the yehrzeit is observed on the day of the death, but if it is delayed two days or more then the first yehrzeit is observed on the day of the burial.</ref> If the burial was delayed two days or more and the first year was a leap year then the yehrzeit is observed on the day of the death since the 12 month mourning period would already have been completed within the first 12 months.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 402:3</ref> | ||
# If the Yehrzeit falls out on any day which there is no Tachanun. The fast isn't made up another day.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref> According to Sephardim the fast is made up the next day.<ref>Bedek Habayit 403:12 quoting the Maharik 31</ref> | # If the Yehrzeit falls out on any day which there is no Tachanun. The fast isn't made up another day.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref> According to Sephardim the fast is made up the next day.<ref>Bedek Habayit 403:12 quoting the Maharik 31</ref> | ||
# If someone's parent passed away in a leap year in the first Adar then the yehrzeit is established during the first Adar whenever it is a leap year. The same is true of the second Adar.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref> | # If someone's parent passed away in a leap year in the first Adar then the yehrzeit is established during the first Adar whenever it is a leap year. The same is true of the second Adar.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref> | ||
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==Kaddish== | ==Kaddish== | ||
# The custom is to recite kaddish on the yahrtzeit of a parent. <ref> Rama YD 376:4 </ref> | # The custom is to recite kaddish on the yahrtzeit of a parent. <ref> Rama YD 376:4 </ref> | ||
# One should start reciting kaddish on the | # One should start reciting kaddish on the Friday night before the yahrtzeit. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 55:23 </ref> | ||
==Aliya to the Torah== | ==Aliya to the Torah== | ||
