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Y'hay Sh'may Raba

The essence of the Kaddish

By Tzvi Freeman

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Rabbi Tzvi Freeman heads Chabad.org's Ask The Rabbi team, and is a senior member of the Chabad.org editorial team. He is the author of a number of highly original renditions of Kabbalah and Chassidic teaching, including the universally acclaimed "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth." To order Tzvi's books click here. Rabbi Freeman is available for public speaking and workshops. Read more on his bio page.

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Posted: Oct 22, 2009

Kaddish line

Great explanation. So now I pretty well have the Moda-Ani and Shema for meditation, and Kaddish's oft repeated premier sentence.

I will go to the Ask the Rabbi site to ask about the Yehey Shmey Raba sentence:

1. Do the two higher worlds of Atzilut and Keter have a place ?

2. The final/join up word Itborach- Does it not have a greater significance than joiner ? The Siddur shows the word Blessed capitalized, seemingly not a lightweight word.

Yasher koach. Please keep up your inspiring work.

Posted By Anonymous, winnipeg, canada

Posted: Sep 1, 2009

Posting

I am going to video myself saying the Kaddish of Y'hay and post it on my live spaces blog . I want to see if I really have that feel like Rabbi Tzvi Freeman does. I like that approach of direction for the direction I would like my prayer to be delivered.I hope someone would comment so i could correct either pronouncing of the prayer or the way I look when say it.

Posted By Anonymous, Bonney Lake, United States

Posted: Aug 31, 2009

Kaddish response

This video is totally AWESOME!! Even though I've been simply saying these words for a while, after Rabbi Freeman's video I now UNDERSTAND exactly what I'm saying and what it means. Best of all, I know the effect in the world that comes from saying these words.

Posted By Anonymous, Baltimore, MD

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