<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Also, I heard it explained from a completely practical point, that having yizkor on the Yom tovim will increase the attendance in shul.<br>
How many times I've heard people ask me what time Yizkor was. My response is that the service begins at such and such time and at<br>
some point we recite yizkor. However, I won't give a specific time so as not to encourage someone to come just for yizkor, although,<br>
if it weren't for yizkor, half the people would not be there.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I do hope that if some gentleman asks you what time yizkor is in order that his wife, who is home with 5 young children can come to shul to daven in time for yizkor and maybe a bit of musaf shmoneh esreh as well you don't give him the same answer. On the other hand, since I have never heard of a shul in which men only come there for yizkor I must assume that we are talking about two very different situations...</div>
<div><br clear="all">*** Rena</div></div></div></div>