dinsdag 13 december 2011

"Kaddish & L'Enigme éternelle"



Barbara Hendricks sings:
"Kaddish & L'Enigme éternelle" by Maurice Ravel


Kaddish (קדיש, Qaddish Aramaic: "holy"; is a prayer found in the Jewish prayer service.
The central theme of the Kaddish is:
the magnification and sanctification of God's name.
The opening words of this prayer are inspired by Ezekiel 38:23,
a vision of God becoming great in the eyes of all the nations.
The central line of the Kaddish in Jewish tradition is the
congregation's response: יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא
(Yehei shmëh rabba mevarakh lealam ulalmey almaya,
"May His great name be blessed for ever, and to all eternity"),
a public declaration of God's greatness and eternality.