{"id":8437,"date":"2016-02-20T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2018-05-24T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T10:02:54","slug":"03-20-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-20-03\/","title":{"rendered":"03. Kaddish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaddish<\/em> is unique in that it deals primarily with God\u2019s honor (kevod Shamayim<\/em>), and therefore, one\u2019s response must be with intense kavana<\/em>, and one certainly should not chatter during its recitation (SA 56:1; MB 1). The Sages say that anyone who answers \u201cAmen<\/em>, Yehei Shemei Rabba Mevorakh<\/em>\u2026\u201d (\u201cMay His great name be blessed\u2026\u201d) with their full powers of concentration will cause a judgment of even seventy years against him to be torn up (Shabbat<\/em> 119b; Talmidei Rabbeinu Yona<\/em>). They further say that when Jews enter the synagogues and recite \u201cYehei shemei rabba mevorakh<\/em>..\u201d aloud, harsh decrees against them are nullified (Tosafot ad loc.<\/em>, citing Pesikta<\/em>). Additionally, they say that the answer to Kaddish<\/em> arouses mercy for Jews in exile. When Jews enter synagogues and batei midrashot<\/em> and respond, \u201cYehei shemei rabba mevorakh<\/em>\u2026,\u201d the memory of those in exile ascends before God, and He shakes His head in pain, so to speak, and says: \u201cFortunate is the king who was glorified this way in his house,\u201d and the desire to redeem Israel awakens before Him (see Berakhot<\/em> 3a).<\/p>\n

Since we sanctify God in Kaddish<\/em>, it must be recited with a minyan<\/em>, for God is only sanctified by an \u201cedah<\/em>\u201d (a group) of Jewish people.<\/p>\n

Kaddish<\/em> was composed in Aramaic because that was the language spoken by all Israel during the Second Temple era, and therefore even the uneducated could understand it and have kavana<\/em> in their response. The following is a translation of the prayer:<\/p>\n

Magnified and sanctified may His great name be,<\/p>\n

in the world which He created by His will.<\/p>\n

May He establish His kingdom,<\/p>\n

cultivate His salvation, and bring His messiah near,<\/p>\n

in your lifetime and in your days,<\/p>\n

and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel,<\/p>\n

swiftly and soon \u2013<\/p>\n

and say: Amen.<\/p>\n

The congregation then responds: \u201cYehei shemei rabba mevorakh le-alam u-le\u2019almei almaya<\/em>,\u201d (\u201cMay His great bame be blessed forever and all time.\u201d) The \u0125azan<\/em> continues:<\/p>\n

Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted,<\/p>\n

raised and honored, uplifted and lauded<\/p>\n

be the Name of the Holy One,<\/p>\n

blessed be He,<\/p>\n

beyond any blessings,<\/p>\n

song, praise, and consolation<\/p>\n

uttered in the world \u2013<\/p>\n

and say: Amen.<\/p>\n

That it is the main part of the Kaddish<\/em>, also called Half-Kaddish<\/em>, and responding to it is of utmost importance, more important than answering Kedusha<\/em> (MB 56:6). 1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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  1. There are differing customs regarding the response of \u201cYehei shemei rabba\u2026\u201d According to Ashkenazic and Yemenite (Baladi) customs, we conclude with \u201cLe-alam u-le\u2019almei almaya.\u201d According to \u0124asidic and Yemenite (Shami) custom, we say one additional word, \u201cyitbarakh\u201d (\u201cblessed\u201d). According to Sephardic custom, we continue until \u201cde-amiran be-alma\u201d (\u201cuttered in the world\u201d). Another difference is that after \u201cberikh Hu\u201d (\u201cblessed is He\u201d), Ashkenazim respond \u201cberikh Hu\u201d while Sephardim, if one has finished reciting until \u201cde-amiran be-alma,\u201d responds \u201camen\u201d and otherwise does not respond. One should pause between \u201cAmen\u201d and \u201cYehei shemei rabba,\u201d for the \u201cAmen\u201d is a response to what the \u0125azan said previously, and \u201cYehei shemei rabba\u201d is a praise in itself (MB 56:2). ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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