Kaddish ( קדיש, Qaddish Aramaic: " holy "; alternate spellings, qaddish, ḳaddish ) is a prayer found in the Jewish prayer service.

* Hatzi Kaddish ( חצי קדיש ) or Kaddish Le ' ela ( קדיש לעלא ) Literally " Half Kaddish ", sometimes called the " Readers Kaddish "

* Kaddish Yatom ( קדיש יתום ) or Kaddish Yehe Shelama Rabba ( קדיש יהא שלמא רבא ) Literally " Orphan's Kaddish ", although commonly referred to as Kaddish Avelim ( קדיש אבלים ), the " Mourners ' Kaddish "

* Kaddish Shalem ( קדיש שלם ) or Kaddish Titkabbal ( קדיש תתקבל ) Literally " Complete Kaddish " or " Whole Kaddish "

* Kaddish d ' Rabbanan ( קדיש דרבנן ) or Kaddish al Yisrael ( קדיש על ישראל ) Literally " Kaddish of the Rabbis "

This " Rabbinical Kaddish " ( Kaddish d ' Rabbanan ) is still said after studying midrash or aggadah or after reading them as part of the service.

All versions of the Kaddish begin with the Hatzi Kaddish ( there are some extra passages in the Kaddish after a burial ).

The Kaddish d ' Rabbanan is used after any part of the service that includes extracts from the Mishnah or the Talmud, as its original purpose was to close a study session.

Kaddish Titkabbal originally marked the end of the service, though at later times extra passages and hymns were added to after it.

And yet I cannot ask you to say Kaddish after my mother.

Chichester Psalms was Bernstein's first composition after his Third Symphony ( Kaddish ).

Yom Kippur is over at sundown on the tenth day at nightfall but is ' confirmed ' as concluded after the recitation of the Kaddish following the end of ne ' ila (" closing ") prayer and the shofar is sounded.

The term " Kaddish " is often used to refer specifically to " The Mourners ' Kaddish ", said as part of the mourning rituals in Judaism in all prayer services as well as at funerals and memorials.

When mention is made of " saying Kaddish ", this unambiguously denotes the rituals of mourning.

The Jewish Encyclopedia's article on Kaddish mentions an additional type of Kaddish, called " Kaddish Yahid ", or " Individual's Kaddish ".

The episode " Kaddish ", from the fourth season of the X-Files, references the Sefer Yetzirah in a story based on the tale of Rabbi Loew and the Golem of Prague.

It is identified as a " Jewish language ", since it is the language of major Jewish texts such as the Talmud and Zohar, and many ritual recitations such as the Kaddish.

When mention is made of " saying Kaddish ", this unambiguously denotes the rituals of mourning.

* In the 1996 Broadway musical Rent and its 2004 film adaptation, at the beginning of the number " La vie Boheme ", Collins and Roger quote the text of the Kyrie along with the text of the Dies Irae and the Mourners ' Kaddish ) as part of a mock requiem for " the death of Bohemia ".

And not only this, but at the time that the people of Israel enter the synagogues and houses of study, and respond ( in the Kaddish ) " May His great name be blessed ", the Holy One, Blessed is He, shakes His head and says: " Fortunate for the king who is praised this way in his house.

In episode 5. 17, " Kaddish ", Munch talks about his high school years and looks at a yearbook from 1961.

In 2006, a message was also delivered on behalf of Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, by his representative, Francis Martin O ' Donnell, who added a Hebrew prayer Shalom, from the Mourners ' Kaddish.

She also sang in and contributed material to the album Kaddish by Towering Inferno ( Richard Wolfson and Andy Saunders, 1993 ).

Kaddish also featured a cover song in Hebrew called " Ha ' ayara Bo ' eret " (" the small town is burning ").

Kaddish actually means " Sanctification " ( or " Prayer of Making Holy ") which is a prayer " In Praise of God "; or other special remembrances known as Yizkor ; and also a Hazkara which is said either on the annual commemoration known as the Yahrzeit as well on Jewish holidays.

Kaddish also known as Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg ( 1894-1956 ) is a poem by Beat writer Allen Ginsberg about his mother Naomi and her death on June 9, 1956.

A special Kaddish, the Kaddish Hagadol, is also said.

Shira Schoenberg observes that " The first mention of mourners saying Kaddish at the end of the service is in a thirteenth century halakhic writing by Isaac Ben Moses of Vienna and called the Or Zarua literally, " Light is Sown ".

He indicates that he is familiar with Jewish prayers, and eventually says the titular one at the end of an episode of Homicide called " Kaddish " in memory of a Jewish murder victim.

Along with the Shema and Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central prayers in the Jewish liturgy.

Ginsberg mentions Shelley's Adonais at the beginning of Kaddish, and cites it as a major influence on the composition of one of his most important poems.

Creating Our Sins ( 1992 ) and Kaddish ( 1994 ) were released by Morbid Records and became the first metal albums from Israel to gain worldwide success.

Then Meltzer's voice, quiet, calm, strong, started the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead.

Despite this, the tradition of most Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogues is to use Hebrew ( usually Ashkenazi Hebrew ) for all except a small number of prayers, including the Kaddish, which had always been in Aramaic, and sermons and instructions, for which the local language is used.

The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name.

In the liturgy different versions of the Kaddish are used functionally as separators between sections of the service.

Mourners say Kaddish to show that despite the loss they still praise God.

The central line of the Kaddish in Jewish tradition is the congregation's response: י ְ ה ֵ א ש ְׁ מ ֵ ה ּ ר ַ ב ָּ א מ ְ ב ָ ר ַ ך ְ ל ְ ע ָ ל ַ ם ו ּ ל ְ ע ָ ל ְ מ ֵ י ע ָ ל ְ מ ַ י ָּ א ( Yehei shmëh rabba mevarakh lealam ulalmey almaya, " May His great name be blessed for ever, and to all eternity "), a public declaration of God's greatness and eternality.

The Mourners ', Rabbis ' and Complete Kaddish end with a supplication for peace (" Oseh Shalom ..."), which is in Hebrew, and is somewhat similar to the Bible.

Kaddish was not originally said by mourners, but rather by the rabbis when they finished giving sermons on Sabbath afternoons and later, when they finished studying a section of midrash or aggadah.

This practice developed in Babylonia where most people understood only Aramaic and sermons were given in Aramaic so Kaddish was said in the vernacular.

It differs from the regular Kaddish because of its inclusion of a prayer for rabbis, scholars and their disciples.

While anyone may say this Kaddish, it has become the custom for mourners to say the Rabbinical Kaddish in addition to the Mourner's Kaddish.

The oldest version of the Kaddish is found in the Siddur of Rab Amram Gaon, c. 900.