Tag #127362 - Interview #98039 (Izak Sarhon)

My parents are both buried in the Jewish cemetery in Ortaköy.  My father died in 1960 and my mother in 1971. They had a Jewish funeral and we do the services, a “meldado” [a reading of the Mishne and the Zohar for the dead; the equivalent of yahrzeit] every year.  The rabbi “throws the ashkava” [says the name of the dead person and prays for his soul to be in heaven] and we chant the “kadish” [Kaddish].  We do this every year.