Tuesday, October 3, 2023

EL MALAY RACHAMIM -- ARAMAIC

A memorial prayer for the departed, traditionally chanted at funerals.  

This is not the same as the Kaddish recited at Yahrzeits, etc.  

Source: https://mountsinaiparks.org/el-malei-rachamim/#:~:text=The%20El%20Malei%20Rachamim%20prayer%20is%20known%20as,which%20the%20memory%20of%20the%20dead%20is%20recalled.

Like many Jewish prayers - this one is Aramaic.  

The Transliterated and Translated versions are in another post in this blog.  

El-Malei-Hebrew

                                                                            

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