Kaddish
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- proper noun
- /ˈkædɪʃ/
- Literature
- No one says Kaddish anymore.
- say Kaddish
Examples
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His single best poem, for me, is Kaddish, written out of love and grief over his mother.
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At first, he told me that he came to say Kaddish for his mother "because one has to."
Academic text (2001) -
And we said Kaddish for him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Kaddish is a prayer for the dead.
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At this time, please rise for the mourner's Kaddish.
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For example, Aleksei said, "I go to the synagogue every morning to say Kaddish for my mother."
Academic text (2001) -
If you would please join me in reciting the Mourner's Kaddish.
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There, under a leaden Chicago sky, a rabbi intoning the Kaddish in a baritone.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a minyan: ten Jewish men, saying Kaddish for Freddy Lipschitz, Freddy, a member of the Baha'i faith.
Fiction book (1997) -
And so forth, we intone the traditional mourner's Kaddish for Lipschitz and move over to the dining room where Finkelstein's wife, Lilah, has laid out a spread.
Fiction book (1997)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kaddish comes from the Aramaic word qaddish, which means 'holy' and is the name of a Jewish prayer said for the dead. Allen Ginsberg used that prayer title for his long poem about his mother's illness and death, so the title links the poem to prayer, mourning, and memory.