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Most of the Jewish liturgy is traditionally said in Hebrew, although Jewish law permits prayer in a person's native language. The various versions of the Kaddish are in Aramaic, the dominant language of the Jewish community 2000 years ago. In the Jewish liturgy, the Kaddish serves as a Doxology, that is, a liturgical punctuation mark at the end of each section of the service, separating it from what follows.

A second unusual feature of the Kaddish is that the most well known variant outside the Jewish community, the Mourner's Kaddish, is said by mourner in memory of the dead, but does not once mention death or mourning. It is purely a prayer of praise.

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