Sponsor a Yahrtzeit — Rabbinical Seminary of America

Yahrtzeit Remembrance at the Yeshiva

Each year, on the yahrtzeit of your loved one, the Yeshiva says Kaddish and learns Mishnayos in their memory, and the family receives a reminder letter before the date — telling you the Hebrew date and the evening the yahrtzeit begins.

Use this page to submit a yahrtzeit and sponsorship. Every submission is personally reviewed by our office before it is added to the Yeshiva's yahrtzeit records — if anything needs clarification, we will contact you.

After you submit, you'll be invited to complete your donation securely at Rayze. The Yeshiva never sees or stores your card details.

Your information

Your name * Name for mailings (if different)

Email * Phone

How should we address you? (as it should appear on letters) Address Address line 2

City State ZIP

Country (if outside the USA) Notes for the office

The niftar / niftara (your loved one)

English name Hebrew name

Father's Hebrew name (if known) Mother's Hebrew name (if applicable)

English date of passing (if known) Your relationship to the niftar

The passing was at night / after sunset

Hebrew yahrtzeit day (1–30, if known) Hebrew month (if known)

Don't worry if you're missing details — our office reviews every submission and will calculate the Hebrew date from the English date (a passing after sunset counts as the next Hebrew day).

Corrections / anything we should know

Who should receive the yearly reminders?

List family members or others who should be notified each year before the yahrtzeit. You can add several people — for each one, choose how they prefer to be reached. (Your own reminder preference is in the next section.)

Person to notify #1

Name Relationship to the niftar

Email Phone

Name for mailings (if different) How should we address them?

Address Address line 2

City State ZIP

Country (if outside the USA) How should this person be notified? Notes about this person

Not sure of someone's details? Add what you know and a note — the office will follow up.

Reminders & sponsorship

How should we send your yearly yahrtzeit reminder? Sponsorship donation

Donations in memory of the niftar may also be made any time at Rayze.

After you submit, you'll be able to complete your donation securely at Rayze. Your submission is reviewed by the Yeshiva office before the yahrtzeit is added to our records — we will contact you if anything needs clarification. The Yeshiva does not see or store card numbers.