Jews pray three times a day, morning, afternoon and night. The morning prayer is the longest and the mourners say at least one Kaddish at the beginning and several at the end. For the afternoon and evening prayers, the mourners say the Kaddish only once or twice at the end.
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Posted: Oct 26, 2011
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There general practice is to recite Kaddish for 30 days for relatives other than parents for whom one is obliged to mourn.
This includes son, daughter, brother, sister, and spouse.
Customs, however, do vary from community to community..
Posted By Yisroel Cotlar, Cary, nC
Posted: Oct 25, 2011
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I notice that your guidance for kaddish states that ".......sons say Kaddish for parents." This is in line with what I have noticed in a non-observant community where on some occasions fathers, suffering the tragic loss of a son (or daughter) have NOT said Kaddish - at least not at the grave-side. Is this in fact a correct procedure; I had previously thought it to be simply a reluctance to recognize the rites.
Posted By Selwyn Rose, Sha''ar Ha-Negev, Choose_One
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