to recite the Kaddish

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to recite the Kaddish

to recite the Kaddish

To say the Kaddish prayer. The Kaddish prayer is recited both as part of public prayer as a prayer leader in a minyan, for example in synagogue, and as a mourner in memory of a close deceased.

("And they do not say Kaddish and Barechu with fewer than ten, and our teachers in the West say it with seven, and give reason for it, in 'when the people offer themselves willingly, bless the Lord,' as the number of words; and some say even with six"—Minor Tractates, Tractate Sofrim 10:6; and also: "It was established to say it in Aramaic, so that the angels do not recognize it... so that the angels will not be envious"—Panim Yafot, Devarim, ch. 6; and also: "He came to him and asked if Yaer Zeit is the day he says Kaddish... an old man in my neighborhood promised that painter to say Kaddish after his death"—Agnon, 'Only Yesterday', 193; and also: "A heart that is no longer in love—/ what and to whom to dedicate?/ Together we waited for death,/ together we shall say Kaddish"—Leah Goldberg, 'Solveig', A)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אָמַר קַדִּישׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

אָמַר אֶת תְּפִלַּת הַקַּדִּישׁ. תְּפִלַּת הַקַּדִּישׁ נֶאֱמֶרֶת הֵן בְּמִסְגֶּרֶת הַתְּפִלָּה עַל יְדֵי שְׁלִיחַ הַצִּבּוּר בִּתְפִלָּה בְּמִנְיָן בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, אוֹ לְזִכְרוֹ שֶׁל נִפְטַר קָרוֹב מִשְׁפָּחָה.

("וְאֵין אוֹמְרִין קַדִּישׁ וּבָרְכוּ פָּחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁבַּמַּעֲרָב אוֹמְרִים אוֹתוֹ בְּשִׁבְעָה, וְנוֹתְנִין טַעַם לַדְּבָרִים, בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֹת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהִתְנַדֵּב עָם בָּרֲכוּ ה', כְּמִנְיַן הַתֵּבוֹת, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים אֲפִלּוּ בְּשִׁשָּׁה"-מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת סוֹפְרִים י ו, וְכֵן:"הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר בְּלָשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי שֶׁאֵין הַמַּלְאָכִים מַכִּירִין בּוֹ...שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ לוֹמַר קַדִּישׁ בְּלָשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי שֶׁלֹּא יִתְקַנְּאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים"- פָּנִים יָפוֹת דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק ו, וְכֵן:"בָּא אֶצְלוֹ וְשָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ אִם יוֹם שֶׁל יָאֵר צַיְט לוֹ שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר קַדִּישׁ... זָקֵן אֶחָד בִּשְׁכֵנוּתִי הִבְטִיחַ לְאוֹתוֹ צַיָּר לוֹמַר קַדִּישׁ אַחַר מִיתָתוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם,193, וְכֵן:"לֵב שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְאֹהָב עוֹד-/ מָה וּלְמִי לְהַקְדִּישׁ?/ יַחַד צִפִּינוּ לַמָּוֶת,/ יַחַד נֹאמַר קַדִּישׁ"-לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ סוֹלְוִיג, א)

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