Mourner’s Kaddish This prayer, although spoken as a prayer of memory, is throughout an affirmation of life and the glory that is God.
Yitgadal ve-yitkadash shemeh raba. (Amen) Be-alema di vera khir’uteh, ve-yamlikh malkhuteh, be-chayeikhon, uv-yomeikhon, uv-chayei de-khol beit Yisrael, ba-agala uvi-zman kariv, ve-imru Amen. Yeheh shemeh rabba mevarakh le’alam ul-alemei alemaya. Yitbarakh ve-yishtabach ve-yitpa’ar ve-yitromam ve-yitnaseh ve-yit-hadar ve-yit’aleh ve-yit-hallal shemeh dekudsha, berikh hu. Le-ela min kol birkhata ve-shirata tushbechata v’nechemata, da-amiran be-alema, ve-imru, Amen. Yeheh shelama raba min shemaya ve-chayim aleinu ve-al kol Yisrael, ve-imru Amen. Oseh shalom bim-romav, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu, ve-al kol Yisrael, ve-imru Amen.
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