HATZI KADDISH for
Friday Evening
by Michael Reid Winikoff
Cantor & Mixed (SATB) Choir with optional piano
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DURATION: 3:30
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THE TEXT - The Kaddish (“sanctification”) prayer takes on different iterations and purposes in its ubiquity throughout Jewish liturgy. While perhaps best known as a prayer of mourning, its original purpose was as a prayer after study. In the main services, it occurs in its complete form (Kaddish Shalem) as the conclusion of the Amidah. In its “half” (Hatzi) Kaddish form, it introduces the call to worship in the Shacharit (Morning) service, and the Amidah (Silent Devotion) in the Musaf (Additional), Mincha (Afternoon) and Ma-ariv (Evening) services.
THE MUSIC - On a typical Friday evening, the
Hatzi
(aka "Reader's") Kaddish is chanted in a devotional natural-minor mode, often cadencing
on the 5th degree of the scale. This rendition draws inspiration
from the great settings by Zavel Zilberts and Max Helfman.
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Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba [Amein] |
Magnified and sanctified is His great name |