Yitgadal v’yitkaddash, sh’meh rabbah... Just the sound of those three words, for many Jews, opens a floodgate of emotions: loss, longing, comfort, belonging, fear... One can not overstate the emotional freight of Kaddish. Kaddish is so evocative yet few Jews know even what the words mean, let alone its origin and history. Yiskor, when we remember all those we have lost, seems a most appropriate time to learn about Kaddish. To me, the Yiskor service is an elongated form of Kaddish, a defiant nod to finitude; yes, all that comes into being most go out of being; all that lives must die, but... great is life, The Giver of Life and the lives of our loved ones who live on in us. Yit’gadal v’yitkadash, sh’me rabbah. Let’s start with the words:

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dont be afraid to touch the hand of your creator

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