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yahrzeit|ˈjɑːtsaɪt|
Also jahr-; yore-, yort- |ˈjɔː-|; and with capital initial.
[Yiddish, f. MHG. jarzît anniversary, f. OHG. jâr year + zît time.]
Among Jews, the anniversary of the death of someone, esp. a parent.
1852Asmonean 10 Dec. 91/1 Men, who..when they have Yahrzeit, will go to congregational meetings, and oppose most violently every reform measure. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. II. iv. xxxiv. 359 ‘Your mother has been a widow a long while, perhaps.’..‘Ay, ay, it's a good many yore-zeit since I had to manage for her and myself,’ said Cohen. 1881Fraser's Mag. Apr. 496 On the Jahrzeit Maier takes the boy to the synagogue. 1917E. Ferber Fanny Herself 200 There would be no Yahrzeit light burning for twenty-four hours. 1964W. Markfield To an Early Grave (1965) x. 177 They buried my brother-in-law... In two and a half weeks, God spare us, he'll have his yahrzeit. 1971I. B. Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader 300 Their ‘questions’ inevitably concerned the observance of a yortzeit. |