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kad·dish | \ ˈkä-dish 
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\ plural kaddishes also kaddishim\ kä-ˈdi-shim , -(ˌ)shēm \
, -(ˌ)shēm \Definition of kaddish
: a Jewish prayer recited in the daily ritual of the synagogue and by mourners at public services after the death of a close relative
Examples of kaddish in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web There were not enough people to say kaddish, the prayer for the dead, so the rabbi rang doorbells in the apartment building, looking for worshipers to join them.
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Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, "Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism’s Tent," 12 July 2019 The two Australian Jews stood side-by-side in the cemetery to recite the kaddish for their deceased siblings.
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Emanuella Grinberg, Smithsonian, "When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees," 11 July 2018 Your goal is to mark them in a way that people can come to them with tears in their eyes, come to them as memorials, come to them to say the mourner’s kaddish.
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Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 29 Mar. 2017 Your goal is to mark them in a way that people can come to them with tears in their eyes, come to them as memorials, come to them to say the mourner’s kaddish.
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Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 29 Mar. 2017 Indeed, the kaddish may be interpreted as our words of comfort to God Himself.
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, "Weiss: Teshuvah: God's return to us," 12 Sep. 2017 Your goal is to mark them in a way that people can come to them with tears in their eyes, come to them as memorials, come to them to say the mourner’s kaddish.
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Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 29 Mar. 2017 Your goal is to mark them in a way that people can come to them with tears in their eyes, come to them as memorials, come to them to say the mourner’s kaddish.
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Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 29 Mar. 2017 Your goal is to mark them in a way that people can come to them with tears in their eyes, come to them as memorials, come to them to say the mourner’s kaddish.
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Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 29 Mar. 2017
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The first known use of kaddish was in 1613
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