kaddish

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By saying kaddish, the Jew believes he will reduce for those who have died the time spent in Gehenna.

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  1. 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. Is any harm come to him because the eleven years went by with no wretched Kaddish said for him? I can not tell. If you think Kaddish will help me, say it, say it. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, liii.

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  • Times would be quite so supercilious in reporting on the traditional Jewish practice of saying kaddish. —  Commonweal Magazine
  • By saying kaddish, the Jew believes he will reduce for those who have died the time spent in Gehenna. —  Commonweal Magazine
  • "Frequent rituals, like saying kaddish every day, are difficult to maintain, and without strenuous effort they cease to be meaningful," Mr. Sarna said. —  Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
  • Yizkor can be recited on behalf of any relatives, though people are most meticulous to say it on behalf of those for whom kaddish is said: parents, children, siblings and spouse. —  Aish Weekly Articles
  • The potential convert, only days away from his conversion, said kaddish anyway. —  FailedMessiah.com
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