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Is Kiddush recited before the pre-Yom Kippur meal?

by Rabbi Simcha Bart

  

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We do not recite Kiddush during this meal. Kiddush is recited only on Shabbat and Holidays; since this meal isn't quite a holiday meal -- it merely precedes a holiday -– we don't recite Kiddush.

This is true even when Yom Kippur is on Shabbat and the pre-fast meal is Friday. The pre-fast meal is not the Shabbat meal, and no Kiddush is recited.


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Shabbat
(pl: Shabbatot). Hebrew word meaning "rest." It is a Biblical commandment to sanctify and rest on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. This commemorates the fact that after creating the world in six days, G-d rested on the seventh.
Yom Kippur
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Kiddush
Prayer recited at the beginning of the Sabbath or Holiday meal--both the evening and afternoon meals. This prayer, acknowledging the sanctity of the day, is recited over a cup of wine or grape juice.