IIRC, During a Judaic leap year, my father, a"h observed 2 Yahrtzeits for his father who died during Adar of a non-leap year. He lit the yahrtzeit candle and said Kaddish twice - once for the date in Adar 1 and again on the same date in Adar 2.
I'm not sure what the halacha or common minhag is.
The phrasing of Talmud Megilla 1:4 implies that Adar 1 and Adar 2 are identical except regarding Megillah reading and giving of alms to the poor.
To me, this implies that every yahrtzeit observed in Adar, regardless of whether the person died in a leap year or non-leap year, would be observed twice.
Is this what is done? Does the Mishnah imply that yahrtzeit observance should be included twice?
Answer
Well, according to this article, I am pretty much wrong. Excerpt:
The general rule is that the first Adar is the yahrzeit for one who dies in Adar of a non-leap year, and on that day all yahrzeit precedence belongs to the person observing the yahrzeit. However, Kaddish is said on that day in the second Adar as well, but there is no precedence over one who has an actual yahrzeit on that day.
Assuming that the plaques will be placed only once, based on the date of the yahrtzeit, we may have quite a crowded month, this time!
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