Yizkor Services

Yizkor Services

Yizkor means “may God remember,” from the Hebrew root zachor. It is recited four times a year in the synagogue: on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of Passover, and the second day of Shavuot. 

Yizkor is the one moment in the Jewish liturgical calendar when what matters is not communal but individual memory, each of us standing personally consumed by singular memories of relatives and friends who have died. Unlike a funeral or shiva, where memories are shared publicly to fashion a collective mosaic of the person being remembered, Yizkor provides a communal space for inward memorializing.

When Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of Passover, and the second day of Shavuot fall on Monday-Friday, WJC offers an additional 7:00am early morning service that includes Yizkor.

Yom Kippur

Thursday, October 1, 2025 (Service begins at 8:30am, Yizkor not before 10:45am)
Monday, September 21, 2026 (Service begins at 8:30am, Yizkor not before 10:45am)

Shemini Atzeret

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (7am service with Yizkor, approximately 7:45am or 9:15am service with Yizkor, not before 10:45am)
Saturday, October 3, 2026 (9:15am service with Yizkor not before 10:45am)

Pesach

Thursday, April 9, 2026 (7am service with Yizkor, approximately 7:45am or 9:15am service with Yizkor, not before 10:45am)
Thursday, April 29, 2027 (7am service with Yizko,r approximately 7:45am or 9:15am service with Yizko,r not before 10:45am)

Shavuot

Saturday, May 23, 2026 (9:15am service with Yizkor not before 10:45am)
Saturday, June 12, 2027 (9:15am service with Yizkor not before 10:45am)