The relatively recent origin of Yizkor

By |2013-10-18T08:19:18-07:00October 18th, 2013|Book Reviews|

                                                                                   Review by Israel Drazin                                  May God Remember Memory and Memorializing in Judaism Yizkor Edited by Rabbi Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013, 283 pages   This is the fourth volume in the very informative “Prayers of Awe Series” edited by Dr. Hoffman where he offers essays by some three dozen [...]