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- noun A
Jewish prayer recited during services, and whenmourning thedeath of a close relative.
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Examples
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The last time Myra had heard the kaddish was at Gil's funeral.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: PAINTERLAND Maggie Jochild 2007
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He led the survivors in the mourner's kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.
A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011
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There is another way to read the opening words of the kaddish prayer, however -- and I personally find it even more meaningful at moments of remembrance like this one.
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I've been thinking a lot about the words of the kaddish, the memorial prayer that Jews recite daily in the months immediately following the passing of those closest to us and that we say as well to mark the yearly anniversary of their deaths.
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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In the face of the horrors perpetrated by the terrorists, the kaddish restores a measure of confidence in our ability to stand up to evil -- for God has not abandoned us.
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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That is the kind of peace for which the kaddish urges us to pray on earth -- and for which it urges us to work.
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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The closing words of the kaddish pray for a "great peace upon us" from the "Maker of peace in the heavens."
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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Calling on family and friends to stand with me, I chanted kaddish.
Rabbi Yael Levy: Yom Kippur In The Canyon: A Fast Of Presence Rabbi Yael Levy 2011
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The very first line of the kaddish is especially meaningful to me.
Arnold M. Eisen: Lessons From The Kaddish A Decade After 9/11 Arnold M. Eisen 2011
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We sang and were led in a recitation of a special kaddish d'rabbanan by Rabbi Karen Reiss.
yarb commented on the word kaddish
I associate this word with inferno because I once read a review of a record called "Kaddish" by an artist called "Towering Inferno". I've never listened to it.
February 5, 2008