Kiddush

[ Sephardic Hebrew kee-doosh; Ashkenazic Hebrew kid-uhsh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Judaism.

a blessing recited over a cup of wine or over bread on the Sabbath or on a festival.

Kiddush

/ kɪˈdʊʃ; ˈkɪdəʃ /

a special blessing said before a meal on sabbaths and festivals, usually including the blessing for wine or bread
a reception usually for the congregants after a service at which drinks and snacks are served and this grace is said

Origin of Kiddush¹

From the Hebrew word qiddūsh literally, sanctification

Origin of Kiddush¹

from Hebrew qiddūsh sanctification

Our Kiddush prayers were done with gefilte fish and grape juice instead of wine.

It is only when the time comes for saying Kiddush that my father and the guest hold a Hebrew conversation.

A Kiddush such as we had never heard before, and shall never hear again.

I thought of my comrades, how they would have laughed, what slaps would have rained down, had they been present at that Kiddush.

After the Skul rabbi's Kiddush and Havdoleh, she will listen to no other; she says her own over cake or currant wine.

And her Kiddush is his Kiddush—the same low, dignified chant, the same sweetness.

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