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Prayer for Deceased

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Nusach
Sefard
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Translation based on the Metsudah linear siddur, by Avrohom Davis, 1981

Prayer for Deceased

Yizkor may be recited following the Torah reading.

In memory of a father:

May God remember the soul of my father, my teacher, (Mention his Hebrew name and that of his father) son of who has gone to his world, because I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity for his sake In this merit, may his soul be bound up in the bond of life, with the souls of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah, and with the other righteous men and women who are in the Gan Eden (Paradise) and let us say Amein.

In memory of a mother:

May God remember the soul of my mother, my teacher, (Mention her Hebrew name and that of her father) daughter of who has gone to her world. because I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity for her sake. In this merit, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life, with the souls of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah, and with the other righteous men and women who are in Gan Eden (Paradise) and let us say, Amein.

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