Kiddush

American  

[kee-doosh, kid-uhsh] / kiˈduʃ, ˈkɪd əʃ /

noun

Judaism.

1. a blessing recited over a cup of wine or over bread on the Sabbath or on a festival.

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Kiddush British  

/ ˈkɪdəʃ, kɪˈdʊʃ /

noun

1. a special blessing said before a meal on sabbaths and festivals, usually including the blessing for wine or bread

2. a reception usually for the congregants after a service at which drinks and snacks are served and this grace is said

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Etymology

Origin of Kiddush

From the Hebrew word qiddūsh literally, sanctification

Example Sentences

They used her grandfather’s Kiddush cup for the blessing of the wine ceremony.

From New York Times

Their light-filled Jerusalem living room is adorned with family mementos and religious artefacts — a photo of four generations of Goor’s family at his 1971 bar mitzvah in San Diego, nestled among Hanukkah menorahs and kiddush cups, the elaborate goblets used for sanctifying Sabbath wine.

From Los Angeles Times

After the kiddush, or celebratory meal, where the venue was covered in flowers of many hues, there was an ice-cream party in the garden of the family’s Fort Greene townhouse.

From New York Times

Neither knew their father, Eliyahu, a disabled World War I veteran, had hidden in her pack the family’s small silver Kiddush cup, which he used to say the blessing as the Sabbath began.

From Washington Post

It was his father’s Kiddush cup.

From Washington Post