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As we approach another Yom Tov that also brings another recitation of Yizkor tell me who you are saying it for, who were they and what made them special to you.
My fathers A”H has been gone almost 3 years, we did not get along very well but he is still my father and is very much missed.
My Mother, A’H.. gone 43 yrs; she died suddenly @ the age of 41, when I was (just starting to be) a bit of a rebellious teen; I would have loved to have gotten to know her as I matured. 🙁
My Father, A’H .. gone 13 years this month. he was my best friend… wise & supportive. 🙁
My father a”h was my best friend. He passed in 1992. It was the biggest shock of my life. He left in Dec on a Monday and he said goodbye to all of us as he headed off to Miami with my Mom. We got a call on Friday that he had a massive coronary on the boardwalk and was gone.
My mom a”h passed on October 4 of this year. We sent her off with love, dignity and respect. We were all there, children, grandchildren and her youngest great-grandchild. We all said good-bye and surrounded her with love as she went on her final journey.
No matter what age we are, we will always remember our parents, miss them and grieve for them as if we were small children.
good thread, Goq! thank you.
Goq – The only thing worse than losing a parent, is losing a child!
may all these wonderful neshomas have an aliyah!
I BH do not have to say yizkor, but chanced upon this thread and want to tell you all thank you, for making me appreciate something i usually take for granted – my parents! Thank you!
I say for my entire family. I am the only one left. My father A’H’passed away in 1988, my mother A’H’ in 2008 and my only sibling, my younger brother A’H’ in 2001. If I don’t go there is nobody to say yizkor for them. I also say for my grandparents and go for their yahrzeits, as well.
mewho~ “may all these wonderful neshomas have an aliyah!” – AMEN!!
umm~ please do! 🙂
minyan gal~ my heart hurts for you :'(
minyangal, when you go this year, remember you are NOT alone. WE are with you and here for you whenever you need us.
It is especially important to remember those who left no offspring such as aunts, uncles, cousins or such as our neice who was young and married but did not yet merit to have children. Yes, we also never forget our father who was niftar at a very young age over 40 years ago and especially our dear sister who was taken us suddenly now a year ago from a sudden brain aneurysm in Eretz Yisroel. How hard it is for us with simchos coming and no they are not here with us. Yes, many of us learned to go on with life, with a feeling of a whole in our heart.Yes we know Hashem has His hidden ways, yet it is hard on us and a real nissayon. How hard it is when you want to pick up the phone a share something with a dear loved one and you realize you can’t! For those who can’t understand, may you never understand us and remember to cherish what you have a try to live b’shalom, in peace! Chag sameach to all.
It is quite difficult to read some of these replies.
May they be gitter betters for all of klal Yisrael.
“with a feeling of a whole in our heart”
an interesting Freudian, your heart feels whole despite the hole. Sometimes we are stronger than we think we are.
To all who responded to my post with such kind words and thoughts – Todah Rabbah. I really do think that I will remember these words during the very difficult, and always so sad, Yizkor service. It is a minhag at my shul that everyone stays for Yizkor. If I am not mistaken it is because there are so many who have passed away and have nobody to say kaddish for them. Also, at my shul on Shabbat, everyone stands for the last mourner’s Kaddish – for the same reason. I wish you all a chag sameach – enjoy good food for the body and great learning for the soul. I plan on partaking of both.
does anyone know why sefardim don’t say Yizkor?
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