The Kaddish

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![ Rabbi David de Sola Pool. Portrait in the public domain.][1]The author explores the origin and language of the Kaddish prayer and attempts to make a connection with other texts.

Written by Rabbi David de Sola Pool (1885–1970). Sola Pool served as Rabbi for Congregation Shearith Israel (called the "The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue"), a Sephardi congregation in New York City. His service with Congregation Shearith Israel (the oldest Jewish synagogue in America established in 1654) began in 1907.

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