The prayer that praises God and looks forward to God's sovereignty. It is not a prayer for the dead but an affirmation of life. There are longer and shorter forms of the kaddish which is written in Aramaic and is said as a prayer of thanks for life, prayer and Torah.
Mourner's prayer, written in Aramaic. Refers to the greatness of God and is meant to elevate the soul of the deceased.
Heb. A prayer of sanctification in Aramaic, said in praise of God, remembering the deceased at every prayer service.
To make 'holy' a prayer of sanctification used in the synagogues
Kaddish is from the root meaning holy. The prayer is sanctification of G-d and His Name. When Job lost his family and all he possessed he "sanctified the Name of YHWH" instead of getting himself in trouble. The Kaddish is said in mourning the death of a loved one.
Prayer proclaiming the greatness of God. Used as the mourners' prayer (see Jewish Practices: Mourning) but also at other points in the liturgy.
Aramaic prayer praising God and praying for the coming of God's kingdom on earth; used to separate sections of the service and also recited by mourners in memory of those who have died
Prayers of sanctification that separate portions of the prayer service. Can include, Reader's Kaddish, Half-Kaddish, Rabbi's Kaddish, and Mourner's Kaddish.
(Hebrew): The word means sanctification and is commonly used to refer to a short prayer recited during the period of mourning for a close relative, as well as on the anniversary of the death. The prayer addresses the majesty and power of God and God's name in the universe.
"a Jewish prayer recited in the daily ritual of the synagogue and by mourners at public services after the death of a close relative."
(KAH-dish) Aramaic for “sanctification,†a prayer recited several times (in multiple forms) during Jewish worship but especially noted for its recitation towards the end of worship, honoring the memory of those who have died. The Kaddish prayer contains no mention of death or grieving; it is a glorious hymn of praise and adoration of God and the divine presence in life.
(lit., "holy"; Aram.): brief prayer recited by a mourner or by the congregant leading a communal prayer service
Prayer praising God. There are several prayers recited during the service, one of which is recited in memory of the dead.
a prayer recited by mourners; see Ch.32.
Traditional prayer said in every service in memory of the dead and at funerals by close relatives. It requires a minyan.
(lit., "holy"; Aram.): brief prayer recited by mourner or by one leading communal prayer service (see Siddur, p. 74)
literally "sanctification," but usually thought of as the prayer recited by those in mourning. p. 182
a prayer only in public for returning the glory of the lord av 1/6 of a saah (approximately 2 liters)
This is the Jewish prayer of sanctification which forms part of the synagogue service.
(pl. Kaddishim): The Kaddish is a prayer sanctifying G-d's Name which is used to signal passage from one stage to another of the liturgy. Kaf: Kaf is the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. For further explanation see Alef-Beit Significances. Also see: The Mystical Significance of the Hebrew Letters (including an image and audio pronunciation of each letter).
("May His Great Name be Sanctified...") A prayer recited, at many points in the services, when ten men are present; see Ch. 5.
(KAH-dish) Aramaic: holy. A prayer in Aramaic praising G-d, commonly associated with mourning practices. See also Jewish Liturgy.
Jewish prayer for the dead.
A prayer, which marks the conclusion of a unit in the service and which is also recited as a mourner’s prayer. The Kaddish, which makes no reference at all to death, is actually a doxology.
Kaddish (קדיש Aramaic: "holy") refers to an important and central blessing in the Jewish prayer service. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the liturgy, several variations of the Kaddish are used functionally as separators between various sections of the service.
Kaddish is a poem by Beat writer Allen Ginsberg about the death of his mother Naomi in 1956. It was begun in the Beat Hotel in Paris in December 1957, completed in New York in 1959, and published by City Lights Books in 1961 as the lead in the collection Kaddish and Other Poems 1958-1960. It is often considered one of Ginsberg's finest poems, and some scholars hold that it is his best.
"Kaddish" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of The X-Files. A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work. Text taken from the Kaddish summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_X-Files_episodes#Season_4:_1996-1997 here.