The meaning of Kaddish
Greetings All:
I am seeking a bit of information. I an a non-practicing cultural Jew. I have just learned that my father, who is 88 and another non-practicing cultural Jew, will die soon of cancer. I had just enough Hebrew school left in me to decide to see what the Kaddish looked like in English.
I just read a translation and I guess I don't get it. This seems like a very standard "praise G-d" type of prayer. With the exception of the first line, which seems to carry a meaning of accepting things as they are (something I am not particularly inclined to do at the moment, I see nothing here that would be of particular significance at the time of someone's death. In fact, I see nothing that would be of any particular significance at any time. The text seems very "vanilla" to me.
OK, so what am I missing?
Thanks for your help,
Rich in Denver
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