Dictionary

kiddush en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪdʊʃ/ Ashkenazi
• /kiːˈduːʃ/
• /ˈkɪdɪʃ/ Ashkenazi

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Judaism) A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day.
   • 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. 2017 September 17, “Mark Zuckerberg gives family heirloom kiddush cup to daughter”, in The Times of Israel:
   • 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. 1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Schooltree”, in God’s Grace, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:
2. (Judaism, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) 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”).
   alt of kiddush luncheon

Forms

Relateds

kiddushin

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