kiddush
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- noun
- /ˈkɪdʊʃ/
- Before starting the Rosh Hashanah meal, the Kiddush (prayer) is said over a cup of wine or grape juice.
- kiddush cup
- Kiddush wine
- recited the kiddush
Examples
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They recited the kiddush over the full cups of red wine, blessing God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.
Fiction book (2000) -
First we'll do a kiddush.
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This fruit is eaten following the kiddush.
Blog text (33) -
Carla is pouring wine into the kiddush cup.
Fiction book (2001) -
Immediately following the kiddush (and on the second night, the eating of the new fruit), the ritual of washing for bread happens.
Blog text (33) -
While reciting the Shehecheyanu blessing after the lighting of the candles and after the kiddush, one should have the new fruit in mind.
Blog text (33) -
On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, a "new fruit," i.e., a seasonal fruit that has not been eaten since its season began, should be present on the table when the holiday candles are kindled and during the kiddush.
Blog text (33) -
An Israeli astronaut ilan Ramon recited the Jewish shabbat kiddush and Russian cosmonaut sergey ryzhikov...
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Under the shadow of a watchtower, among the roof-high tiers of bunks strung with laundry, Levartov recites Kiddush over a cup of wine to workers gathered around him.
Fiction book (1993) -
During the Shabbat dinner, the father recited the Kiddush over the wine to bless the meal.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kiddush comes from Hebrew and the root k-d-sh, which means 'holy' or 'to make holy'. So a kiddush is a short blessing over wine or bread that marks the Sabbath or a holiday as 'holy'.