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What is Kaddish? Why do we say Kaddish and the connection between the living and the dead.

Insights into Kaddish

The Prayer Recited by a Mourner

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Topics: Prayer, Kaddish
By Shlomo Yaffe
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, a frequent contributor of articles and media to chabad.org, is Permanent Scholar-in-Residence to Chabad at Harvard, and Dean of the Institute of American and Talmudic Law in New York, NY. Rabbi Yaffe has lectured and led seminars throughout North America, as well as in Europe and South Africa.
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September 25, 2011
Prayers
Any one of the Psalms are good, in particular 20, 23, 30, 91, 121, 130 are good to recite at a gravesite. You also may want to click here for the traditional prayers recited when visiting the grave site
May you be blessed with a sweet New Year
Rabbi S. Yaffe
Newton, MA
September 23, 2011
Grave site prayer
My dad passed away a year ago and I will be visiting the grave this Sunday, the weekend before Rosh Hashana, what prayer do I recite. Thank you. L'shana tovah
Michele
Alpharetta, Ga
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