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say Kaddish for — to mourn the death of Kaddish is a Jewish prayer specially recited also by orphan mourners (OED): He had said Kaddish for so many of his own generation. (Forsyth, 1994, referring to an octogenarian Jew) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Kaddish — This article is about the Jewish prayer. For other uses, see Kaddish (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Kiddush or Kedusha. Part of a series of articles on … Wikipedia
Kaddish — (KAH dish) [Aramaic: holy] In Judaism, a liturgical prayer in praise of God, part of the regular daily service in a synagogue; a form of this prayer recited during the period of mourning for a deceased family member, or on the anniversary of a … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
KADDISH — (Aram. קַדִּישׁ; holy ), a doxology, most of it in Aramaic, recited with congregational responses at the close of individual sections of the public service and at the conclusion of the service itself. There are four main types of Kaddish: (a) THE … Encyclopedia of Judaism
“Kaddish” — by Allen Ginsberg (1961) The title poem of allen ginsberg’s 1961 volume, kaddisH and otHer poems, “Kaddish” is the poet’s autobiographical elegy for his mother, Naomi Ginsberg, who died in 1956 after a series of mental breakdowns during the… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
Kaddish — /ˈkædɪʃ/ (say kadish) noun (plural Kaddishim /kæˈdɪʃɪm/ (say ka dishim)) 1. a Jewish liturgical prayer of three or six verses, recited at given points during each of the three daily services and on certain other occasions. 2. a five verse form of …
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