kaddish

noun, often capitalized kad·dish \ ˈkä-dish \

Definition of kaddish

plural kaddishes also kaddishim play \kä-ˈdi-shim, -(ˌ)shēm\

: a Jewish prayer recited in the daily ritual of the synagogue and by mourners at public services after the death of a close relative

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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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— matthew shaer, Smithsonian, "The Holocaust’s Great Escape," 2 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of kaddish

Aramaic qaddīsh holy

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