Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church

Rev. Chuck Freeman: In the Spirit of Yahrzeit: This word literally means “time of [one] year”. In the Jewish faith, yahrzeit is the yearly ceremony to honor the death of a loved one. Mourners participate in various customs like reciting the Kaddish prayer, lighting a candle which burns for 24 hours, fasting, visiting the gravesite, and doing a good deed in the deceased’s name. We hold our yearly remembrance service in this spirit.  [24:41]