ShalomCloud offers quite a few ways to handle Yahrzeits. The point of this post is a new way — a simple, all-in list of Yahrzeits, their observers, and the respective dates of the next occurrence. Rather than providing that background in this article, we encourage the reader to visit https://blog.shalomcloud.com/?s=Yahrzeit . There, you will see … Continue reading New — Complete and Fast List of Yahrzeits
Perhaps you’ve made use of the ShalomCloud Combo Bimah List. This change is an additional nugget of information that you may add to that list. If there is a relationship, where the related party is also deceased, this change allows you to denote that fact with an acronym, or phrase, of your choice. Could be … Continue reading Add Your Preferred Phrase to the Yahrzeit Combo Bimah List
Announcing two new features for yahrzeit emails. First — until now, the recipient of the reminders saw only the email address of the sender. So, for example, if you logged in as admin@yourtemple.org, that’s all the recipient saw. Now, the name associated with that user will appear, alongside the email. Thus, for example, assuming that … Continue reading Two New Features for Yahrzeit Emails
This is purely an incremental change, and one of modest scope. Nonetheless, it’s something that a few of our customers and prospects have suggested. Let’s say that you want to see the Yahrzeits related to a person or a family. Heretofore, there were basically two way: Way I: Go to Queries -> Yahrzeits. Enter any … Continue reading An additional way to see Yahrzeits
Directly from the Yahrzeit query screen, you may now print envelopes for Yahrzeit notifications. The envelopes come out in alphabetical order, one per person. As is the case for printing envelopes from the family query, you may choose to print your synagogue’s return address on the upper left of the envelope, or leave that area … Continue reading Envelopes for Yahrzeit notifications.
This enhancement includes the ability to do a yahrzeit query by attribute. To review — you can assign attributes (a.k.a. “tags”) to individuals. For example, you may wish to assign an attribute of “Snail Mail Only,” or “Send yahrzeit notifications by surface mail” to some congregants who have expressed that preference. Until now, there was … Continue reading Yahrzeit Query by Attribute
We have a couple of yahrzeit enhancements that may be quite useful, depending on your situation. yahrzeit enhancements 1: Date range change Until now, when you keyed a date range to pull yahrzeit lists, that range had to be entirely in the future. If you entered a date in the past, the system assumed you … Continue reading Yahrzeit Enhancements
If in your congregation, it is common for one person to receive multiple Yahrzeit reminder letters in the same period, you can now use the tabular format. In this format, the Yahrzeits appear in neat columns, in the middle of the page. In contrast, in the traditional format, the Yahrzeits were in-line with the rest … Continue reading Yahrzeit Letters – Tabular Format
You’ll see three improvements within Yahrzeit queries. Those changes are as follows: If you’re entering a Gregorian date range, the program had been adding a day to the end of the range. Why? you might ask. We were being extra cautious. We were including Yahrzeits that began after sundown on the “to” part of the … Continue reading Improvements within Yahrzeit Queries
This post runs through most aspects of updating Yahrzeits, especially connecting members of your congregation to their loved ones who have passed away. The video also shows how to Pull Yahrzeit lists by both Hebrew date range and Gregorian date range. Obtain a spreadsheet with both lists. Create Yahrzeit reminder notifications, honed specifically to the … Continue reading How to: Input and Report on Yahrzeits
