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Enter the date of passing and get the Hebrew date, the next yahrzeit, the following ten years with candle-lighting evenings, a downloadable calendar file for each one, and when Kaddish ends.
Enter a date of passing to see the Hebrew date and the next ten yahrzeits.
What Is a Yahrzeit?
A yahrzeit is the anniversary of a death, marked on the Hebrew calendar rather than the Gregorian one. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunar with an added leap month, a yahrzeit does not fall on the same Gregorian date each year; it can move by several weeks. This calculator converts the Gregorian date of passing to its Hebrew date once, then finds that Hebrew date again in each following year, skipping the date of death itself.
The evening before the yahrzeit day is when many families light a 24-hour memorial candle, since the Hebrew day begins at sunset. The table below shows both: the yahrzeit day itself, and the evening before it.
Adar in a Leap Year
A Hebrew leap year has two months of Adar. When the original death fell in the single Adar of a regular year, custom differs on which Adar carries the yahrzeit in a leap year: Ashkenazi custom generally observes it in Adar I, Sephardi custom generally observes it in Adar II. This is a case where customs vary and a local rabbi should be asked.
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What is a yahrzeit?
Yahrzeit (Yiddish for "time of year") is the Hebrew-calendar anniversary of a death. It is marked by lighting a memorial candle the evening before, saying Kaddish, and often giving charity or studying in the person's memory.
Which Adar does a yahrzeit fall in during a leap year?
A Hebrew leap year has two months of Adar. If the death occurred in the single Adar of a regular year, customs vary on whether to observe the yahrzeit in Adar I or Adar II of a leap year: Ashkenazi custom generally favors Adar I, Sephardi custom generally favors Adar II. Confirm with your rabbi.
What do I say?
Kaddish (specifically the Mourner's Kaddish) is recited at the yahrzeit and, for many mourners, daily for eleven months after a parent's passing. See baba's guide to the Mourner's Kaddish for the text.