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Written in Aramaic, the Mourner’s Kaddish is the prayer traditionally recited in memory of the dead, although it makes no mention of death. It is included in all three daily prayer services. Find the words in Aramaic, transliteration and translation below. Listen to a recording of the Mourner’s Kaddish. Mourner’s Kaddish in Aramaic
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Written in Aramaic, the Mourner’s Kaddish is an almost 2,000-year-old prayer traditionally recited in memory of the dead. The prayer, which is included in all three daily prayer services and is recited in a minyan of at least 10 adult Jews, makes no mention of death.
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As anyone who’s lost a loved one can attest, the recital of the Mourner’s Kaddish is a major part of the mourning process and the Jewish way to bid farewell to a loved one. Let's explore together the significance and practice of this sacred tradition.
- Yehuda Shurpin
The Kaddish is a prayer that praises God and expresses a yearning for the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. The emotional reactions inspired by the Kaddish come from the circumstances in which it is said: it is recited at funerals and by mourners, and sons are required to say Kaddish for eleven months after the death of a parent.
Mourners recite the Kaddish, praising God, during the bereavement period and to mark the anniversary of a death of a loved one.
Pronounced: KAH-dish, Origin: Hebrew, usually referring to the Mourner’s Kaddish, the Jewish prayer recited in memory of the dead. ‘s great name will be sanctified in the whole world He has created and the Kingdom of Heaven be established on earth.
The Mourner's Kaddish performs two pragmatic functions: 1) It blends in with the internal spirit of the mourner, imperceptibly healing his psychological wounds, and 2) it teaches the mourner vital and profound lessons about life and death, and the conquest of evil.
