kiddush Hashem

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Pronunciations

kiddush Hashem (kee-DOOSH ha-SHEM) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The sanctification of God's name.

  • n. Martyrdom.

Example Sentences

  • "Make sure you behave well when you go on your school trip wearing your kippahs—it's a kiddush hashem!"

  • "I always treat my staff generously. It's a kiddush ha-Shem." (Glinert)

  • "Here is a mass grave of some of the Jews who did kiddush ha-Shem in Belsen." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • קידוש השם

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      kidush Hashem, kiddush Ha-shem

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