The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1264 page)

Kederi
(S
f
order)
:

see
Q
DIR
YA
.

 
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(Heb., ‘holiness’). In Judaism, set apart through holiness. The
biblical
commandment, ‘you shall be
holy
, for I the Lord your God am holy’ (Leviticus 19. 2) has consistently been understood by the
rabbis
as requiring that the
Jews
must be a people ‘set apart’. The ultimate hope is that not only the Jewish nation, but the entire universe will be filled with the divine glory (
kavod
), and the
prophet
Zechariah
looked to a time when even the bells on horses will be inscribed with ‘Holy to the Lord’ (Zechariah 14. 20–1). In rabbinic literature, holiness is of God's essence (‘The Holy One, Blessed be he’).
Israel
can only share in God's holiness through the performance of the mitzvot (sing.
mitzvah
). More specifically, kedushah is applied to parts of the liturgy, especially the doxologies based on Isaiah 6. 3 and Ezekiel 3. 12 which echo the praise of the
angels
.

 
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Kedushta
(morning piyyut)
:

see
KEROVAH
.

 
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Keep Sunday Special
:

see
LORD'S DAY
.

 
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(Jap., ‘teaching method’). The four ways of teaching in Japanese Buddhism, especially as classified in
Tendai
:

(i) 
tongyo
, sudden and abrupt;
(ii) 
zengyo
, gradual;
(iii) 
himitsuky
, secret (meaning that pupils are attaining understanding without awareness of it);
(iv) 
fuj
ky
, discriminate (pupils attain understanding while aware of it)

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