kaddish
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- noun
- /ˈkædɪʃ/
- To honor his mother's memory, David stood with the community and recited the kaddish as part of the Shabbat prayers.
- mourner's kaddish
- say kaddish
Examples
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It had been years since he'd heard the kaddish-years.
Fiction book (1998) -
He'd just have to admit it to the rabbi right up front—there'd be nobody saying kaddish, nobody lighting any yahrzeit candles.
Fiction book (1998) -
So many days Kaddish that that first eleven months after my dad died, it just, it saved me.
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Let's light candles on Friday and say the kaddish.
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You know the kaddish from the kiddish?
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"Who is there left to say kaddish over me?" He looks from side to side as though to find a mourner.
Fiction book (1996) -
The mourner's kaddish can be found on page 187.
Fiction book (2001) -
"All right, everybody," he announced, "let all who mourn this man rise now to recite the mourner's kaddish."
Fiction book (1998) -
Spivak put a comforting arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer as he recited the kaddish.
Fiction book (1998) -
As a general rule, whenever one may not recite a bracha, one may also not daven, answer a davar she'bikedusha, such as kaddish or kedusha, or study Torah aloud.
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Synonyms
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A Jewish prayer or service to remember and pray for dead relatives during certain holidays
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kaddish comes from Aramaic qaddiš and Hebrew kadosh, both meaning 'holy'. So the prayer's name points to praising or 'making holy' God's name, which is why the kaddish is said in synagogue services and often recited in memory of the dead.