Shavuot 2024 Yizkor Prayer. Some communities have the custom to read. Yizkor is the memorial service recited for deceased parents and other relatives at several points throughout the year.

Yom kip­pur, shemini atzeret, pesach and shavuot. The words of yizkor, the memorial prayer, offered four times a year, on our pilgrimage holidays and on yom kippur, are some of the most powerful words our tradition offers.