Get to know Yahrzeit better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Yahrzeit in a sentence
Yahrzeit meaning
The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.
Using Yahrzeit
- The main meaning on this page is: The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.
- In the example corpus, yahrzeit often appears in combinations such as: the yahrzeit, yahrzeit candle.
Context around Yahrzeit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yahrzeit
- In this selection, "yahrzeit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, official and candle stand out and add context to how "yahrzeit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also the yahrzeit of the and of a yahrzeit candle to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yahrzeit" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yahrzeit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His father, Judea, tweeted on Tuesday: “Danny’s official Yahrzeit is tomorrow, February 1st. (14 words)
There will be a sculpture of a yahrzeit candle to symbolize Jewish mourning and sculptural poppies to symbolize Palestinian liberation. (20 words)
This year’s Simchat Torah was going to be challenging – a day which is traditionally a time of joy, was also the yahrzeit of the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1200 people. (35 words)
The Yahrzeit candle is a tradition in the Jewish faith: When our soul leaves this life, it leaves behind darkness, and thus we use the candle to bring light back to the world after a loved one’s passing. (39 words)
This year’s Simchat Torah was going to be challenging – a day which is traditionally a time of joy, was also the yahrzeit of the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1200 people. (35 words)
There will be a sculpture of a yahrzeit candle to symbolize Jewish mourning and sculptural poppies to symbolize Palestinian liberation. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
His father, Judea, tweeted on Tuesday: “Danny’s official Yahrzeit is tomorrow, February 1st.
The Yahrzeit candle is a tradition in the Jewish faith: When our soul leaves this life, it leaves behind darkness, and thus we use the candle to bring light back to the world after a loved one’s passing.
There will be a sculpture of a yahrzeit candle to symbolize Jewish mourning and sculptural poppies to symbolize Palestinian liberation.
This year’s Simchat Torah was going to be challenging – a day which is traditionally a time of joy, was also the yahrzeit of the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1200 people.
Common combinations with yahrzeit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: