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Mourners’ Kaddish<br />
Kaddish Yatom<br />
קדיש יתום<br />
While often associated with mourning, <strong>the</strong> Kaddish does not menti<strong>on</strong> death,<br />
resurrecti<strong>on</strong>, or <strong>the</strong> afterlife at all. Instead, it proclaims <strong>the</strong> greatness, holiness,<br />
and eternity of God and expresses a wish that <strong>the</strong> harm<strong>on</strong>y of <strong>the</strong> heavenly<br />
spheres guide us here below, as it does above. Mourners usually stand to recite<br />
<strong>the</strong> Mourners’ Kaddish. In Sephardi and Mizrachi communities, it is comm<strong>on</strong> for<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r worshippers to stand silently with <strong>the</strong> mourners as <strong>the</strong>y say Kaddish. Some<br />
Ashkenazi communities also have adopted this custom.<br />
IF YOU ARE RECITING KADDISH, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE THREE STEPS BACK AS YOU START THE FINAL LINE, THEN BOW ONCE TO THE LEFT, ONCE TO THE RIGHT,<br />
AND ONCE TO THE CENTER, FINISHING WITH ָאמֵ ן / VE’IMRU AMEN / AND LET US SAY AMEN. IF YOU ARE NOT RECITING THE KADDISH BUT RESPONDING TO THE<br />
PRAYER LEADER OR MOURNERS RECITING IT, YOU MAY RESPOND TO EACH AMEN WITH AMEN, AS WELL AS RECITE WITH THE COMMUNITY THE LINE,<br />
YEHE SHMEH RABBA MEVARAKH LE’ALAM UL’ALMEH ALMAYA / MAY HIS GREAT NAME BE BLESSED FOR EVER, AND TO ALL ETERNITY.<br />
/ יְהֵ א ׁשְ מֵ ּה רַ ּבָא מְ בָרַ ְך לְעָלַם ּולְעָלְמֵ י<br />
וְאִמְ רּו<br />
May <strong>the</strong> great name be exalted and<br />
sanctified is God’s great name<br />
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER: Amen<br />
in <strong>the</strong> world which God created at will!<br />
May God establish domini<strong>on</strong><br />
during your lifetime and during your days<br />
and during <strong>the</strong> lifetimes of all <strong>the</strong> House of Israel<br />
speedily and very so<strong>on</strong>! And say,<br />
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER: Amen.<br />
May <strong>the</strong> great name be blessed<br />
forever, and for all eternity!<br />
Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted,<br />
Yitgadal veyitkadash shmei rabba.<br />
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER: Amen<br />
Be’alma di vra khir’uteh<br />
veyamlikh malkhuteh<br />
be’khayekh<strong>on</strong> uvyomekh<strong>on</strong><br />
uv’khaye dekhol beit Yisrael<br />
ba’agala uvizman kariv. Ve’imru<br />
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER: Amen.<br />
Yehei shmei raba mevorakh<br />
le’olam ul’alme almaya<br />
Yitbarakh veyishtabakh veyitpa’ar veyitromam<br />
— 53 —<br />
רַ בָּ א. ְ שׁ מֵ ּה ׁש וְ יִתְ קַ ַ דּ יִתְ גּ ַ ַדּ ל חזן:<br />
קהל וחזן: אָ מֵ ן<br />
ְ בּ עָ לְ מָ א דּ בְ רָ א כִ רְ עוּתֵ ּה<br />
וְ יַמְ לִ יך מַ לְ כוּתֵ ּה<br />
ְ בּ חַ יּ ֵיכוֹ ן וּבְ יוֹ מֵ יכוֹ ן<br />
וּבְ חַ יּ ֵי דְ כָ ל בֵּ ית ְ יִשׂ רָ אֵ ל<br />
בַּ עֲ גָלָ א וּבִ זְמַ ן קָ רִ יב. וְ אִ מְ רוּ<br />
קהל וחזן: אָ מֵ ן<br />
יְהֵ א ְ שׁ מֵ הּ רַ בָּ א מְ בָ רַ ך<br />
לְ עָ לַ ם וּלְ עָ לְ מֵ י עָ לְ מַ יּ ָא<br />
חזן: יִתְ בָּ רַ ךְ וְ ְ יִשׁ תַּ בַּ ח וְ יִתְ פָּ אַ ר וְ יִתְ רוֹ מַ ם<br />
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