Discover Top Posts Tagged with #yahrzeit

Popular Recent

Jewish Maker Rachel D. Mark is crafting miniature Yahrzeit Memorial Candles as a fundraiser for Palestinian families. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, Jewish mourners light one of these long-burning candles on the anniversary of a loved one's death. Rachel's candles are 1:12 scale, measuring just 1/2"H x 1/4"D. Made with real glass dollhouse cups, Yehuda Yahrzeit Memorial Candle wax, and cotton thread wick. You can purchase one for $36 here.

In her own words:

This past March, I purchased an extra yahrzeit memorial candle when I was celebrating the life of my late brother, Daniel. At that time, I began making 32 miniature candles of grief to honor the 32,000 Palestinians slaughtered in the ongoing genocide. The project has since expanded and I will continue to make these little candles as an expression of the deep grief we feel for those lost to such terror and violence. Anti-Zionism is not the same as anti-Semitic. We, as a people, have always been and will continue to be nomadic tribes. It is not anti-Semitic to question the Israeli government's apartheid-turned-genocide of the Palestinian people. Nor is it anti-Patriotic for an American to question the US government's continued funding of this mass genocide. I am using my art and faith to raise money for organizations actively lobbying US Congress for a ceasefire and organizations directly supporting Palestinians on the ground. All proceeds from sales will be documented and shared transparently.

Her goal is to raise $1,000 through candle sales. All proceeds will be donated to Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP, JewishVoiceForPeace.org), United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA.org), and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS, palestinercs.org).

Again, the link to buy a candle is here.

#yahrzeit #grief #miniatures #fundraiser #palestine #jewish culture #rachel d. mark #makers #candles #ceasefire

isit.kosher

May their memories forever be a revolution 🕯️💔🎗️

#Hersh #Ori #Almog #Alex #Carmel #Eden #Yahrzeit

out of curiosity as someone who did not grow up observant and has not yet had to observe a yahrzeit, do kids ever "inherit" their parents' yahrzeits? like, if a parent lights a candle for a child's grandparent that the child never personally met, but the child participates in the mourning rituals alongside the rest of the family (including the yahrzeit candle every year), do they observe it even into adulthood/after their own parent has died, despite not having known their grandparent? or are yahrzeits more solitary observances that parents wouldn't share with children at all?

#jumblr #ask jumblr #judaism #jewblr #jewish #frumblr #yahrzeit #lifecycle events #jewish life #jewish beliefs

#gaza #hamas #hostages #yahrzeit #beautiful six

#titless since 2020 #griefposting #web weave #the land before time #yahrzeit #2 years since my mom passed.

Memorial Calendar from Germany, c. 1880.

This memorial calendar was either made by Joseph Fried to memorialize his deceased parents or commissioned from the artist by someone else to commemorate the anniversary of the death of his of her parents Itzhak, son of Meir, who died on the 14th of Adar, 1880 (=February 26th, 1880) and Hannah, daughter of David who died on the 13th of Tishre, 1860 (=September 29th, 1860). Rendered both in Hebrew and German, this calendar features an inscription inspired by Ecclesiastes: "The world is vain; life, a dream."

Judaism prescribes that children remember their parents by reciting the mourner's prayer or kaddish on the anniversary of death, known in Ashkenazi tradition as the yahrzeit or "year's time." Out of a sense of piety, individuals have created pictorial and written reminders of these dates such as this rare example. Few hand-painted calendars have survived from the late 19th century, when memorial calendars were produced commercially, largely by Jewish printing houses.

#jumblr #judaism #germany #joseph fried #jewish misc printings #yahrzeit #myposts