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.
Observing Hebrew Dates
4. Go to Administer>Localization>Hebrew Calendar.
- Choose the template you created called "Yahrzeit Observance Details" (or similar).
- Click 'Submit'.
Once you complete the yahrzeit set-up process, yahrzeit letters with one deceased observance will look like this:
Yahrzeit letters with multiple deceased observances will look like this:
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