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==Who should say Kaddish==
# The midrashim speak how a child saying Kaddish for a parent could save the parent from a harsh judgement in heaven. Therefore, the minhag is to say Kaddish for a parent as well as get the Aliyah of Maftir and to pray as the Shaliach Tzibur especially for Arvit.<reF>Kitzur S"A 27:1</reF>
# The Sephardic minhag is that anyone who wants may say Kaddish even if that is a number of people together. <ref> Kaf HaChaim 132:16</ref>
==Requirements for Kaddish==
==Requirements for Kaddish==
# One may only say Kaddish in a congregation of 10 men above the age of Bar Mitzvah.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:1</ref> The person saying Kaddish is included in the minyan, meaning that there has to be 9 people listening to Kaddish besides for the one saying Kaddish. <ref>Kitzur S"A 15:7</ref>
# One may only say Kaddish in a congregation of 10 men above the age of Bar Mitzvah.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:1</ref> The person saying Kaddish is included in the minyan, meaning that there has to be 9 people listening to Kaddish besides for the one saying Kaddish. <ref>Kitzur S"A 15:7</ref>

Revision as of 18:32, 26 November 2012

Who should say Kaddish

  1. The midrashim speak how a child saying Kaddish for a parent could save the parent from a harsh judgement in heaven. Therefore, the minhag is to say Kaddish for a parent as well as get the Aliyah of Maftir and to pray as the Shaliach Tzibur especially for Arvit.[1]
  2. The Sephardic minhag is that anyone who wants may say Kaddish even if that is a number of people together. [2]

Requirements for Kaddish

  1. One may only say Kaddish in a congregation of 10 men above the age of Bar Mitzvah.[3] The person saying Kaddish is included in the minyan, meaning that there has to be 9 people listening to Kaddish besides for the one saying Kaddish. [4]
  2. If there is up to four people in the minyan saying Shemona Esreh and will not be able to answer Kaddish, nonetheless, one may say Kaddish because there is a majority of the minyan who can answer.[5]

When Kaddish may be said

  1. If there's no minyan when the congregation reaches the end of Pesukei DeZimrah, they should wait for a minyan prior to saying Yishtabach because if they say Yishtabach and only get a minyan afterwards they shouldn't say Kaddish until they first say some pesukim.[6]

Proper practices of the congregation during Kaddish

  1. The congregants should listen carefully and answer the appropriate responses with kavana. [7]
  2. Anyone who answers "Amen Yehey Sheme Rabba..." with all of his strength and kavana any heavenly bad decree against him is ripped up.[8]

References

  1. Kitzur S"A 27:1
  2. Kaf HaChaim 132:16
  3. Kitzur S"A 15:1
  4. Kitzur S"A 15:7
  5. Kitzur S"A 15:7
  6. Kitzur S"A 15:1
  7. Kitzur S"A 15:5
  8. Kitzur S"A 15:5