Post by Mark on Jun 29, 2008 4:28:11 GMT -8
Kadeesh
Magnified and sanctified be His great name in the world which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of the whole house of Israel, even swiftly and soon, and say amen.
Let His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.
Blessed, praised, and glorified, exalted, extolled and honored magnified and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed is He, though He be high above all the blessings and songs, praises, and consolations which are uttered in this world, and say amen.
May He who makes peace in His high places make peace upon us and upon all Israel, and say amen.
The understanding of the Hebrew word "ah-main" is largely lost in the Christian prayer. When asking a child, "What does ‘Amen’ mean?" The response is typically something, "It means you can open your eyes now, that we’re done praying." The power of this word cannot be lost in the repeating of the Kadeesh, the Jewish mourner’s prayer.
It is called the mourner’s prayer because it speaks to the heart of one who is broken in hopelessness, to the one who maybe feels that Adonia has forsaken them, to the one who is consumed with grief and helplessness. The word "a-main" is repeated three times. It means "faithfulness." It speaks of encouragement and support and nurturance. The visual image of the word "a-main" is the nurse, swaddling the baby who is utterly dependant upon her for protection.
The Kadeesh is so very appropriate for the mourner. Our focus, in times of discouragement and loss is to focus upon our own emptiness: to be consumed with our emotional vulnerability. The Kadeesh is to draw a different perspective. It is to repeat the words of Job, not despising the grief but neither being held captive to it:
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
(Job 1:20-21)
It is appropriate for the mourner to stand as the Kadeesh is being publicly recited. It is to say, "Adonai, this is for me; today, more than ever." It is a way of telling your brothers and sisters in Messiah that you are in need of being reminded of His faithfulness, regardless of the situation.
Magnified and sanctified be His great name in the world which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of the whole house of Israel, even swiftly and soon, and say amen.
Let His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.
Blessed, praised, and glorified, exalted, extolled and honored magnified and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed is He, though He be high above all the blessings and songs, praises, and consolations which are uttered in this world, and say amen.
May He who makes peace in His high places make peace upon us and upon all Israel, and say amen.
The understanding of the Hebrew word "ah-main" is largely lost in the Christian prayer. When asking a child, "What does ‘Amen’ mean?" The response is typically something, "It means you can open your eyes now, that we’re done praying." The power of this word cannot be lost in the repeating of the Kadeesh, the Jewish mourner’s prayer.
It is called the mourner’s prayer because it speaks to the heart of one who is broken in hopelessness, to the one who maybe feels that Adonia has forsaken them, to the one who is consumed with grief and helplessness. The word "a-main" is repeated three times. It means "faithfulness." It speaks of encouragement and support and nurturance. The visual image of the word "a-main" is the nurse, swaddling the baby who is utterly dependant upon her for protection.
The Kadeesh is so very appropriate for the mourner. Our focus, in times of discouragement and loss is to focus upon our own emptiness: to be consumed with our emotional vulnerability. The Kadeesh is to draw a different perspective. It is to repeat the words of Job, not despising the grief but neither being held captive to it:
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
(Job 1:20-21)
It is appropriate for the mourner to stand as the Kadeesh is being publicly recited. It is to say, "Adonai, this is for me; today, more than ever." It is a way of telling your brothers and sisters in Messiah that you are in need of being reminded of His faithfulness, regardless of the situation.
