Definition of Kiddush

1. Noun. A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kiddush

1. a Jewish prayer [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiddush

kiddier
kiddiers
kiddies
kiddin'
kidding
kidding aside
kiddingly
kiddish
kiddle
kiddles
kiddo
kiddoes
kiddos
kiddow
kiddows
kiddush (current term)
kiddushes
kiddy
kiddy fiddlers
kiddy widdies
kiddy widdy
kiddying
kiddyish
kiddywink
kiddywinks
kidel
kidels
kidfluence

Literary usage of Kiddush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jewish Religion by Michael Friedländer (1891)
"We fulfil this duty when Sabbath comes in, by the kiddush, " the sanctification of the day," in which we praise the Almighty for the boon bestowed upon us ..."

2. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1899)
"In order to give the household an opportunity to hear it, and according to Samuel, for what purpose should the kiddush be recited in the synagogue ? ..."

3. How Christ Said the First Mass, Or, The Lord's Last Supper: The Rites and by James Luke Meagher (1908)
"If a person hears the kiddush recited in one house, he should not eat in another, ... The kiddush was the synagogue prayers said before they sat down at the ..."

4. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1920)
"Sab. 112) and Joseph Caro (Orach 'Hayyim 271, 4; 272, 9), all of them agree that instead of wine one may use: 3. Bread for kiddush and ..."

5. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism by William Oscar Emil Oesterley, George Herbert Box (1920)
"1 Then follows the ordinary Sabbath meal.2 The text of kiddush is practically the same in all the various Rituals—" a proof," as Elbogen says, ..."

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