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Yizkor Prayers
For one's father, one's mother and martyrs
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May God remember the soul of my father, my teacher


who has gone to his eternal rest
as, without making a formal vow,
I pledge to give charity on his behalf.
In the merit of this
may his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life
together with the souls of Abraham Isaac Jacob
Sarah Rebecca Rachel and Leah
and with the other righteous men and women
in the Garden of Eden.
And let us say Amen.


Prayer for one's father




May God remember the soul of my mother, my teacher


who has gone to her eternal rest
as, without making a formal vow,
I pledge to give charity on her behalf.
In the merit of this
may her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life
together with the souls of Abraham Isaac Jacob
Sarah Rebecca Rachel and Leah
and with the other righteous men and women
in the Garden of Eden.
And let us say Amen.


Prayer for one's mother




May God remember the soul of


And the souls of my relatives
both on my father's side and my mother's side
who were put to death, slain, slaughtered
burned to death or suffocated
in the sanctification of God's name
as, without making a formal vow, I pledge to give charity
to commemorate their souls.
In the merit of this, may their souls
be bound in the bond of everlasting life
Together with the souls of Abraham Isaac Jacob
Sarah Rebecca Rachel and Leah
And with the other righteous men and women
in the Garden of Eden.
and let us say Amen.

Prayer for martyrs

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