kaddish

plural kaddishes · plural kaddishim · alternative Kaddish · alternative qaddish

1. JudaismA Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative.

   So context me no contexts, analyse me no analyses, suspend your partially informed diagnoses; leave off your strenuous efforts at even-handedness. Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners' kaddish.

   2023 October 14, Simon Schama, “Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners’ kaddish”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

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   O, my Father: ancient, hallowed Lonely, disappointed Father: Betrayed and rejected Ruler of the Universe: Angry, wrinkled Old Majesty: I want to pray I want to say Kaddish My own Kaddish. There may be No one to say it after me

   1963, “Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’”, Samuel Pisar (lyrics), Leonard Bernstein (music)

plural Kaddishes · plural Kaddishim

1. Alternative letter-case form of kaddish.

   ‘You bring him peace, you honour him. And all you have to do is go to shul and say Kaddish with ten friends around you.’

   2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 133