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Kaddish — This article is about the Jewish prayer. For other uses, see Kaddish (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Kiddush or Kedusha. Part of a series of articles on … Wikipedia
Kaddish — (KAH dish) [Aramaic: holy] In Judaism, a liturgical prayer in praise of God, part of the regular daily service in a synagogue; a form of this prayer recited during the period of mourning for a deceased family member, or on the anniversary of a … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
KADDISH — (Aram. קַדִּישׁ; holy ), a doxology, most of it in Aramaic, recited with congregational responses at the close of individual sections of the public service and at the conclusion of the service itself. There are four main types of Kaddish: (a) THE … Encyclopedia of Judaism
“Kaddish” — by Allen Ginsberg (1961) The title poem of allen ginsberg’s 1961 volume, kaddisH and otHer poems, “Kaddish” is the poet’s autobiographical elegy for his mother, Naomi Ginsberg, who died in 1956 after a series of mental breakdowns during the… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
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Henrietta Szold — (December 21, 1860 ndash; February 13, 1945) was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women s Organization. BiographyHenrietta Szold was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of a rabbi, Benjamin Szold, who was the… … Wikipedia
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