[Avodah] Yizkor

[Zev Sero]

On 10/06/2011 11:15 AM, Rich, Joel wrote:
> Any idea on how yizkor got tied to shalosh regalim given that Vsamachta is directly in opposition to the emotions of yizkor? (I have one source with an answer but it's not overly satisfying-and the original minhag ashkenaz was clearly not to say it on shalosh regalim)

"Ish kematnas yado".  When we read this portion, the minhag is to pledge
tzedaka, and it's natural to pledge in memory of the dead, so it became
a whole seder of "hashkavot", as the Sefardim call it, which was little
different from the seder of yizkor on Yom Kippur.


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