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- noun Plural form of
kaddish .
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Examples
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“I am sorry,” I replied, “but our kaddishes would go; we wanted to ride with you.”
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"I am sorry," I replied, "but our kaddishes would go; we wanted to ride with you."
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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For them, women are men’s vessels, and in their opinion, ‘A reverent and awe-inspired Jewish man does not need a wife and companion but a chamber pot for waste fluid and a servant who will cook dinner for him and rock his ‘kaddishes’ [male children]” (Lilienblum, Writings, 2: 370 – 373).
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"I am sorry," I replied, "but our _kaddishes_ would go;
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II W. H. Wilkins 1882
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