kiddush

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קִדּוּשׁ (kidúsh, “kiddush”, literally “sanctification”). Doublet of kaddish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪdʊʃ/, /ˈkɪdɪʃ/ (Ashkenazi)
  • IPA(key): /kiːˈduːʃ/

Noun

kiddush (plural kiddushes or kiddushim)

  2. (Judaism) A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day.
    • 1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Schooltree”, in God’s Grace, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:
      Cohn began the seder with a kiddush for wine, and the first two toasts he proposed were the traditional ones to life and to freedom.
    • 2017 September 17, “Mark Zuckerberg gives family heirloom kiddush cup to daughter”, in The Times of Israel‎[1]:
      The world’s richest Jew may have pledged to give the vast majority of his wealth to charity, but Mark Zuckerberg’s great-grandfather’s kiddush cup is staying in the family. […] “For shabbat tonight, we gave Max a kiddush cup that has been in our family for almost 100 years,” the 33-year-old billionaire wrote on his Facebook social media platform.
  3. (Judaism) Clipping of kiddush luncheon (“a light luncheon following a morning synagogue service typically serving grape juice, challah, and cold food, and especially following a bar or bat mitzvah”).

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