Setting Up Yahrzeit Letters

Setting up your Yahrzeit Letters

There likely are people in your community that observe multiple yahrzeits within the same week/month. This one time Yahrzeit letter set-up insures that these letters are formatted properly.

1. Go to: Mailings>Message Templates

Click Add New Template.

2. Create a Template called Yahrzeit Reminder. The reminder should look something like this:

{dates.today___hebrew}

Dear {contact.first_name},

{yahrzeit.all_template} (MUST USE THIS TOKEN FOR PROPER MULTIPLE YAHRZEIT FORMATTING)

Kaddish is read at Friday night services at 7:30pm. Please consider a donation in memory by clicking here or call our offices.

May your loved one’s memory be for a blessing.

L’Shalom,

Congregation of Bedrock

Save your template.

3. Create another template. Call it something like "Yahrzeit Observance Details".

This template should contain one paragraph that looks something like this:

Your dearly departed {yahrzeit.relationship_name}, {yahrzeit.deceased_name} who passed away on {yahrzeit.dec_death_english_date}, which fell on the Hebrew date of {yahrzeit.hebrew_date} has a yahrzeit approaching.

You will want to edit the language to reflect your congregation’s normal wording.
You can use the appropriate mail merge tokens to merge information from the yahrzeit search.
- Tokens can be inserted by clicking on the blue word "Tokens" at the far right of the editor.
Save your template.