Kaddish de Rabbanan

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Will discuss with you: when we say, history, little bit on substance- found on P. 71, note it follows passages of Mishnah, Torah, and Talmud study.

WHEN:

RamBam: Nusach haKaddish

"Whenever 10 or more Israelites engage in the study of the Oral Law, for example, Mishnah, halacha, and even Midrash or Aggadah, one of them recites the Rabbi's Kaddish, (upon conclusion of the study)

Many commentators maintain that it is recited only after Midrashic material or Scriptural exegesis.

According to R. Isaac Klein, in "Guide to Jewish Religious Practice" it is said after parts of the service that have passages from Rabbinic literature and after sessions of study in the synagogue. -

here we offer "those who like to honor the study" can say it

HISTORY:

Service of the Heart: Evelyn Garfiel:

First mention of the mourner's kaddish ( actually K de Rabb) is 2nd c. CE, by Jose ben Halafta, Rabbi among the creators of the Mishnah-"it was the custom to close every lecture or sermon with a prayer sanctifying the Name of G-d, and voicing the hope that the days of the Messiah might be very near, when not only Israel would engage in the study of Torah and worship G-d, but but all the world would come to recognize Him and accept his Kingship- the students would respond to this prayer- Amen, Yehay shemay rabba...This prayer and the response to it in essence comprise the kaddish as we know it." Whilenot specific there can be little doubt that "it was an adaptation of the messianic vision of Ezekial, 38:23: 'I will be magnified and sanctified and made known in the eyes of many nations and they shall know that I am the Lord.' During the rabbinic period Aramaic was the language spoken by Jews all overt the Middle East, and this is why the Kaddish is recited in Aramaic, rather than Hebrew. By making this a public expression, it is a way to make G-d manifest in the world, and thus the need for a minyan.

EJ-

The first mention of mourners saying Kaddish at the end of the service is in a thirteenth century halakhic writing called the Or Zarua. The Kaddish at the end of the service became designated as Kaddish Yatom or Mourner's Kaddish (literally, "Orphan's Kaddish").

From: "M. Kagan"

> The practice of saying Kaddish DeRabbanan migrated over to Nusah Ashkenaz

> from the nushaot of the Hassidim in the last hundred years or so.

WITHIN THE PRAYER:

Talmud-

"Joining loudly and in unison in the congregational response 'yehe shemeh rabba' has the power of influencing the heavenly decree in one's favor, or of obtaining for one forgiveness," assert R. Joshua b. Levi and R. Johanan (Shab. 119b; comp. Midr. Mishle x. 10, xiv. 4). When Israel enters the synagogue or the schoolhouse and responds, "Let His Great Name be praised!" the Holy One, blessed be He! says: "Happy the king who is thus lauded in his house!" (Ber. 3a).

ArtScroll- al Yisrael v al rabbanan – upon Israel and upon the Teachers- hence the name Rabbi's Kadddish, according to some- Israel's welfare depends on Torah study;

di vchal atar v atar- who are in this place or any other place- to mean that every town or neighborhood benfits from those who study Torah...

"china, v chisda, vrachamin"- "grace, loving-kindness and compassion-from " The Chief Rabbi UK"

Grace (chein) takes precedence over good intellect (sechel tov).

In kaddish de-rabbanan, the prayer we say after studying a rabbinic text, we pray for spiritual leaders who have "grace, loving-kindness and compassion." Once again the power of intellect is secondary to the personal qualities of sensitivity and graciousness. Grace is that quality which sees the best in others and seeks the best for others. It is a combination of gentleness and generosity.