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Mishnayot L'Iluy Nishmat (Mishnah Study for the Soul)

Studying tractates whose first letters spell the deceased's name during shloshim/year.

Studying tractates whose first letters spell the deceased's name during shloshim/year.

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Pele Yoetz · Eliezer Papo · c. 1815 CE

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A custom of studying Mishnah tractates whose opening letters spell the deceased's name as a merit for their soul during the thirty-day mourning period or the first year after death. (Rabbi Eliezer Pap

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Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah · Yaakov Chaim Sofer · c. 1900 CE

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A custom of studying Mishnah tractates whose opening letters spell the deceased's name as a merit for their soul during the thirty-day mourning period or the first year after death. (Rabbi Yaakov Chai

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Curated Attribution (metadata) :: mishnayot-neshamah :: generalcurated_attribution

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A custom of studying Mishnah tractates whose opening letters spell the deceased's name as a merit for their soul during the thirty-day mourning period or the first year after death. Documents this min

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