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| Kaddish in the Bundestag |
| 2010-01-28 |
| A moving day In an historic speech in the German Parliament on Wednesday, President Shimon Peres read Kaddish and spoke in Hebrew about the personal loss of his grandfather and the special relationship between Israel and Germany that was established in the wake of the holocaust. With the flags of the Bundenstag lowered to half-mast, Germany's political leaders paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Nazis in a special parliament session in honor of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The entire building rose to its feet as the Israeli President read Kaddish for the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War. And here comes the WOT related part Peres also spoke about the present threat to peace and stability and hinted at the threat the Israel currently faces from nuclear ambitious neighbors. The threats to annihilate a people and a nation are voiced in the shadow of weapons of mass-destruction, which are held by irresponsible hands, by irrational thinking and in an untruthful language." |
| Posted by:European Conservative |
| #3 What he said was this: "Exalted and hallowed be His great Name throughout the world which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingship, bring forth His redemption and hasten the coming of His Messiah in your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon, and say, Amen." And the prayer ends with the words which became a symbol in the State of Israel, a dream in the Jewish world: "He, who makes peace in His Heights, may He, in his compassion, make peace upon us, and upon all Israel. And they responded: Amen." |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-01-28 18:50 |
| #2 Peres isn't very religious. The kaddish (I presume it was the mourner's kaddish) should only be said aloud when there are 10 men (or men+women for conservative jews) and needs to be proceeded by something. The correct prayer for this event would have been El Molai Rachamin (God of Mercy) which may be said by any individual out loud - a form of this prayer is used several times a year to remember victims of the holocaust. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-01-28 11:25 |
| #1 Thank you Fred. I already thought the post had gone missing. The full speech is here: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/26488/peres-speech-german-parliament-in-full |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-01-28 00:29 |