kiddush

Pronunciations

kiddush	(kee-DOOSH)
kiddush	(KID-ish)

Definitions

• n. "Blessing recited over wine" (JPS) on Sabbath or holidays at the beginning of the meal or ceremony. Reception after services. "The refreshments, usually including wine, juice, and pastries, that are offered after [the Sabbath] and holiday services in the synagogue." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "My father asked me to make kiddush."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• Heb קידוש kidúsh, Ashkenazi Heb/Yiddish kídesh
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

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).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

kiddish, kidush