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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Aramaic Recitation of Kadish
Prayer's Purpose Explained
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
for your party
(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)
The Kadish is recited in
mostly Aramaic dialect in-
stead of all Hebrew. A
variety of reasons are of-
fered for this phenomenon.
A popular reason is given
in the Talmud which claims
that this is done so that the
angels would not com-
prehend its recital. It was
feared that the angels
would resent this offering of
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praise to the Almighty be-
cause it is their function to
offer the praises to the Al-
mighty.
resentfulness
Their
might prompt them to argue
against the redemption of
the Jewish people and the
Kadish is recited as a hope
for that redemption.
A second reason con-
tends that the Aramaic
dialect, which is used in-
stead of the Hebrew, is
meant to display a sense
of embarrassment over
the fact that. the Jewish
people are still in the
Diaspora since the
Kadish acknowledges
the fact and expresses
hope for redemption
from dispersion.
Some suggest that the
Kadish is recited in
Aramaic to overcome the
prejudice that might be
awakened by oppressive
enemies who are in power
where Jews live. Since
Aramaic is a different lan-
guage, they might not
understand it like pure He-
brew would be understood.
Even though some Jews
live in lands where no such
fear exists today, the
Aramaic language still per-
sists to show what Jews had
to go through to retain their
traditions against the
wishes of the oppressors.
There are some who
claim that the Kadish is
recited in Aramaic be-
cause at a certain time
Aramaic was the street
language which was
common to the ordinary
Jew. This praise for the
Almighty and the op-
timism expressed
through the Kadish in an-
ticipation for the rede-
mption was something
the rabbis wanted all
Jews to understand, re-
gardless of their degree
of knowledge.
The Kadish is recited by
the cantor after every sec-
tion of the prayer service
and by the teacher or his
student after every tal-
mudic lecture. Basically, it
is required of a son to bring
the memory of his parents to
the attention of the commu-
nity for the first eleven
months after their death by
assuming a public role as a
cantor or lecturer.
Since circumstances de-
veloped where only a minor-
ity of Jews can do this, the
Kadish for mourners was
instituted so that any
mourner, regardless of the
degree of his Jewish educa-
tion, could lead a minute
portion of the prayer service
by reciting the Kadish.
Since the Kadish em-
phasizes the theme of rede-
mption for the Jewish
people as a whole, it is espe-
cially fitting for mourners
to express their hope for the
redemption which is sup-
posed to bring back the de-
ceased and to reunite the
people and their families.
Thus the mourners recite
certain recitations of the
Kadish at the appropriate
parts of the service and also
after a talmudic lecture.
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