Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prayer recited in the daily synagogue services and by mourners after the death of a close relative.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Jewish ritual, a form of thanksgiving and prayer, containing special reference to the approach of the kingdom of God, used at funerals, annual commemorations, etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thats why I dont think about religion when I workI am exactly as aware of it as, say, Kaddish is at any given moment, or as that moment demands.
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Kaddish is the only one of the children of the Society of the Benevolent Selfa disgrace beyond measure for every Argentine Jewwho is willing to acknowledge his heritage.
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander: Questions 2007
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So Kaddish is right about his sons fate, while Lillian is wrong.
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander: Questions 2007
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His Kaddish is said for the child he refuses to beget in a world that permitted the existence of Auschwitz.
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The insight, as the speaker in Kaddish uses all his persuasive power to convey and emphasize to his wife, the reader, and perhaps also himself, is that there is nothing unexplainable about Auschwitz.
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Kaddish is the name of the Jewish prayer for their dead.
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His Kaddish is said for the child which he refuses to beget in a world that permitted the existence of
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When Leonard Bernstein unleashed his sprawling Third Symphony - titled "Kaddish" - on the American public in January 1964, the critics practically trampled one another to get in the first jabs.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Stephen Brookes 2011
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When Leonard Bernstein unleashed his sprawling Third Symphony - titled "Kaddish" - on the American public in January 1964, the critics practically trampled one another to get in the first jabs.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Stephen Brookes 2011
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Symphony no. 3/04 Sym No. 3 'Kaddish' - Kaddish 2 - Andante Con Tenerezza. flac [33MB] 07.
BTJunkie - All 2009
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