A memorial service recited four times a year is called?

• A. Taharah
• B. Cantor
• C. Hesped
• D. Yizkor

Answer: (D)

Yizkor is the memorial prayer dedicated to memory of deceased relatives. In many Jewish communities it is recited on four specific holidays each year—Yom Kippur, the last day of Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot—as a formal moment to honor those who have died and often to give charity in their memory. This is the fixed annual remembrance, separate from other terms: Taharah is the burial purification rite, Cantor is the person who leads the singing, and Hesped is the eulogy given at a funeral or memorial. So when a memorial service is described as recited four times a year, Yizkor is the term that fits.