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Yahrzeit
Yahrzeit [ yáwrt sīt ] (plural Yahrzeits)


noun 
Definition:
 
anniversary of somebody's death: in Judaism, the anniversary of somebody's death, celebrated by near relatives with the lighting of a memorial candle and the saying of the Kaddish
[Mid-19th century. < Yiddish yortsayt 'year's time']
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