The word yizkor means "to remember" and refers to a special prayer said on behalf of family members who have passed away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

At yizkor services, many of us will remember one of the women in this community who shaped contemporary Mt. Airy and who died this past year.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Words for a New Year—Rabbi Leonard Gordon's Sermon] Reference

Shafer runs off a list of strange-Jew-in-a-stranger-place features the Times has run going back to 1996, along with a yizkor for the sub-genre of last-synagogue-in stories dating back to 1990.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Jewspotting or Why We Care About Jews in Unlikely Places « The Blog at 16th and Q] Reference

For the person saying yizkor, it can be a very important reflective moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

One begins saying yizkor on the first holiday after the person passed away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

The central element of yizkor is the commitment to make a charitable donation in honor of ones departed relative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

It is customary to light a candle in ones home before sunset at the beginning of a holiday on which yizkor is said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

The yizkor prayer is recited during the synagogue prayer service on Yom Kippur and the holidays of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

If there is no synagogue where one lives, or if it is exceptionally difficult to attend synagogue, one may say yizkor privately at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference

Though the yizkor service is brief, it is customary for all congregants other than those who will be saying yizkor, to leave the synagogue while it is said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference