Yarzheit, mourning and remembrance

[scarlettina]

Yarzheit.com explains that the word "yarzheit" is the Yiddish name given to the anniversary of a person's death, usually as calculated on the Jewish calendar. The site says, "Literally it is a composite from the two German words 'yahr' meaning 'year' and 'zeit' meaning 'time'." Yarzheit is usually observed for one day. In the Jewish tradition, a

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[dianora2]

I wasn't able to make the unveiling, but seeing the picture of the headstone was like a punch in the gut. *hugs* to you.

[scarlettina]

Backatcha, girlfriend.

[kistha]

Death is hard, love to you and wishing you peace sooner.

[prettyshrub]

This poem by Robert Frost seems appropriate:

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

[lyonessnyc]

[[[hugs]]]

As I said over at kradical's LJ, next time you're in NY, we'll make a special trip.

[[[more hugs]]]