Formerly the Kaddish concluded the Service; at present it is recited at the end of the Service in its full form (‏קדיש שלם‎ “the whole Kaddish”); the first half (‏חצי קדיש‎ “half-Kaddish”) has its place at the end of a section of the Service—e.g., after the ‏פסוקי דזמרה‎ in the Morning Service; a third form is recited by mourners after ‏עלינו‎ and after special hymns or psalms; it is the whole Kaddish with the omission of the sentence beginning ‏תתקבל‎. It is called ‏קדיש יתום‎ “Kaddish of the orphan,” and is intended to express the mourner’s faith in God and his resignation to His Will.—Sometimes a special Kaddish, called Kaddish dirabbanan, is recited after the reading of some Talmudic or Midrashic passages. It is the same as Kaddish shalem, except that the sentence beginning ‏תתקבל‎ is replaced by a prayer for the welfare of the scholars, the Rabbis, and their pupils. (2.) Repetition of the tefillah by the Reader, with the addition of Kedushah before the third paragraph, and the Priests’ Blessing before the last paragraph, of the tefillah. The Kedushah, “Proclamation of the Holiness of God,” is based on the visions of Isa. vi. and of Ezek. iii., with citation of three verses, Isa. vi. 3, Ezek. iii. 12, and Ps. cxlvi. 10, in which the Holiness, Glory, and Kingdom of God are proclaimed. The Priests’ Blessing, originally spoken by priests, descendants of Aaron, is now in most Synagogues included by the Reader in the tefillah by way of quotation; only on Holy-days it is pronounced by the priests. (3.) ‏קריאת התורה‎ “the Reading of the Law,” and the “Lessons from the Prophets” (‏הפטרה‎), with the benedictions preceding and following (supra, p. 348). OCCASIONAL PRAYERS—BENEDICTIONS, ‏ברכות‎.