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When reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish, we acknowledge the cycle of life and death, and we seek comfort in the presence of God. It is a prayer that helps us navigate through the grief of losing a loved one and find solace in our faith.
Regenerate
Now respond: Amen (congregation says: Amen).
Mourner’s Kaddish in Hebrew
The Meaning of Kaddish
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- Path of the Just, Chapter 1, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto: “Man was created for the sole purpose of rejoicing in God and deriving pleasure from the splendor of His presence; for this is the true joy and the greatest pleasure that can be found. The place where this joy may truly be derived is the World to Come, which was expressly created to provide for it; but the path to the object of our desires is this world, as [it says] (Avos 4:21), ‘This world is like a corridor to the World to Come.’”
- Shabbat 119B
- With a minyan of 10 adult men (including the mourner) in attendance.
- Customs vary. Some say the Mourner’s Kaddish eight times a day at different points as part of the daily prayer services.
- The literal meaning is “year time”
- Translation taken from Mourning In Halacha by Rabbi Chaim Binyamin Goldberg and published by Artscroll.