Half Kaddish (Chatzi Kaddish)
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יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא. [ אמן] בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ בְּחַיֵּיכון וּבְיומֵיכון וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית יִשרָאֵל בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: [ אמן] יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא: יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח וְיִתְפָּאַר וְיִתְרומַם וְיִתְנַשּא וְיִתְהַדָּר וְיִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְהַלָּל שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא. בְּרִיךְ הוּא. [ בריך הוא:] לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל בִּרְכָתָא וְשִׁירָתָא תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא. וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: [ אמן]
yitgaddal veyitqaddash shemeh rabba. [ mn] be'alema di vera khiruteh veyamlikh malkhuteh bekhayyekhvn uveyvmekhvn uvekhayye dekhal bet yishra'el ba'agala uvizman qariv, ve'imru amen: [ mn] yehe shemeh rabba mevarakh le'alam ule'aleme alemayya: yitbarakh veyishtabbakh veyitpa'ar veyitrvmam veyitnash veyithaddar veyitalleh veyithallal shemeh dequdsha. berikh hu. [ vrykh hv:] le'ella min kol birkhata veshirata tushbekhata venekhemata da'amiran be'alema. ve'imru amen: [ mn]
May His great Name become magnified and sanctified in the world which He created according to His will, and may He establish His kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of the whole House of Israel, speedily and soon; and say, Amen.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, used under Creative Commons.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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