May It Be Magnified and Sanctified/ magnified and sanctified be His great name (Kaddish)
The famous opening of the Kaddish prayer, recited in Aramaic. It is said in memory of a deceased person or people.
("And I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD" — Ezekiel 38:23; and also: "May His great name be magnified and sanctified in the world that He created according to His will" — the opening of the Kaddish prayer; and also: "And the solitary one came in the night and in silence, / and he came and said the Kaddish: / 'May it be magnified and sanctified...' / When he had finished, and with him there was no one / not even a man" — Shaul Tchernichovsky, The Bells)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ
Definition (Hebrew)
הַפְּתִיחָה הַמְּפֻורְסֶמֶת שֶׁל תְּפִילַּת הַקַּדִּישׁ הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת בַּשָּׂפָה הָאֲרָמִית. הַתְּפִלָּה הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת לְזֵכֶר אָדָם אוֹ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁנִּפְטְרוּ.
("וְהִתְגַּדִּלְתִּי וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּי וְנוֹדַעְתִּי לְעֵינֵי גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְיָדְעוּ כִּי אֲנִי ה'"- יְחֶזְקֵאל לַח כג, וְכֵן:"יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמָהּ רַבָּא/בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בָּרָא כִּרְעוּתָהּ (תַּרְגּוּם: יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל ה'/ בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁבָּרָא כִּרְצוֹנוֹ"- תְּחִלַּת תְּפִלַּת הַקַּדִּישׁ, וְכֵן:"וְיָבוֹא יְחִידִי בַּלַּיְלָה וִסְתּוֹ,/ וְיָבוֹא וַיֹּאמֶר הַקַּדִּישׁ:/ "יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ..."/ וַיְהִי כִּכְלוֹתוֹ- וְאִתּוֹ שָׁם אֵין/ מֵאָדָם גַּם אִישׁ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ הַפַּעֲמוֹנִים)