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	Mourner's Kaddish
		The Kaddish is a prayer that praises God and expresses a yearning for the establishment of God's kingdom on earth.
		The emotional reactions inspired by the Kaddish come from the circumstances in which it is said: it is recited at funerals and by mourners, and sons are required to say Kaddish for eleven months after the death of a parent.
		It is customary for all the mourners in the congregation to recite Kaddish in unison.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/kaddish.html (961 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Lifecycle: Kaddish
		The Kaddish is recited in a prayer service, on a daily or weekly basis, after the death of a close relative.
		According to Jewish law, the Kaddish cannot be recited unless a minimum of 10 adult Jews are gathered in a minyan [quorum for prayer].
		Since recitation of the Kaddish is believed to help elevate the soul of the dead (see Sanhedrin 104a), reciting it for a full year would imply that one's parent is one of those wicked people sentenced to a full year in hell; hence, the Kaddish is recited for only 11 months.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /lifecycle/Death/Burial_Mourning/Kaddish.htm (763 words)

	Kaddish & Mourning
		Kaddish does not mention the dead, but is rather a praise of God.
		By saying Kaddish, it is considered a merit for the deceased to be the cause, so to speak, of having this praise of God expressed publicly.
		Kaddish is one of the ways, along with studying Torah, giving charity, performing meritorious deeds -- in your loved one's name -- that you can do to make a real difference to someone for eternity.
	www.aish.com /kaddish/why_kaddish.asp (330 words)

	Welcome to Kaddish Online
		Yeshiva Derech Chaim is launching a new project for the benefit of the Jewish community – The Kaddish Lifeline.
		The Talmud prescribes that since upon a person’s demise they are unable to perform mitzvos and good deeds any longer, we recite Kaddish on behalf of his or her soul to continue to accrue heavenly merits for that individual.
		In cases where the relatives or friends of the deceased cannot fully tend to this spiritual requirement, or where one has no relatives to assume this kindness to the soul, the Kaddish Lifeline is prepared to help.
	www.kaddishlifeline.org (159 words)

	The Mourner's Kaddish
		The Kaddish is an ancient prayer of praise (written in Aramaic) that expresses a longing for the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth.
		Kaddish is usually recited by the mourner(s) while they stand with a minyan, or group of at least 10 adults in a congregation (it is also customary for Kaddish to be recited every morning service at synagogue).
		Kaddish D’Rabanan (Rabbi’s Kaddish) - This is perhaps the original form of the Kaddish, developed before the destruction of the Second Temple and recited by scholars to conclude their daily studies.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Prayers/Daily_Prayers/Kaddish/kaddish.html (597 words)

	The X-Files: Kaddish - TV.com
		The episode title, "Kaddish" is the name of a traditional Jewish mourning prayer that is repeated daily for thirty days for a relative or spouse, or eleven months for a parent, following the day of burial.
		A mourner recites the Kaddish and a quorum responds in unison with appropriate phrases.
		Kaddish is also the title of episode 72/5-17 of Homicide: Life on the Street.
	www.tv.com /the-x-files/kaddish/episode/578/summary.html (723 words)

	FT March 1999: Kaddish
		Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated children to recite daily in a synagogue during the year of mourning for a deceased parent and then on the anniversary of his or her death thereafter.
		It is most of all a highly intelligent retrieval of the wisdom of the Jewish tradition, for which Wieseltier has been well prepared by his education in Judaism, from elementary yeshiva to graduate work in Jewish studies at Harvard.
		In another intriguing passage, Wieseltier quotes a friend who questions his synagogue attendance for kaddish by saying, "But I believe in God and you don’t!" It would seem that this friend can say this because heretofore the only Leon Wieseltier she has known has been the nonbeliever.
	www.leaderu.com /ftissues/ft9903/reviews/novak.html (1815 words)

	Judaism 101: Life, Death and Mourning
		On the Yahrzeit, sons recite Kaddish and take an aliyah (bless the Torah reading) in synagogue if possible, and all mourners light a candle in honor of the decedent that burns for 24 hours.
		Kaddish is commonly known as a mourner's prayer, but in fact, variations on the Kaddish prayer are routinely recited at many other times, and the prayer itself has nothing to do with death or mourning.
		A person is permitted to recite Kaddish for other close relatives as well as parents, but only if his parents are dead.
	www.jewfaq.org /death.htm (2470 words)

	OSB. Gen. Topics. Lit: Kaddish
		Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be he, beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world; and say, Amen.
		May the prayers and supplications of the whole house of Israel be accepted by their Father who is in heaven; and say, Amen.
		All forms of the Kaddish are recited standing facing Jerusalem.
	www.osb.org /liturgy/kaddish.html (319 words)

	Kaddish- Mourners prayer for the Jewish Soul
		Kaddish is a traditional prayer that is said daily with a quorum of at least ten Jewish males who are over the age of thirteen.
		The Kaddish is said from the day of burial, daily for the first eleven months, and on the anniversary of the death.
		If there is no one to say Kaddish for the deceased then our organization will provide this important service to be said.
	www.yahrzeit.org /kaddish.html (176 words)

	The Meaning of Kaddish
		Kaddish represents continuity, the golden chain of tradition from Sinai to our time that spans the ages.
		Kaddish is the eternal appeal to the divine spark in a Jewish soul.
		The Kaddish is the living consciousness of our obligation to add assets to those acquired by the generations before us.
	www.jewish-holiday.com /kaddish2.html (815 words)

	NJOP Kaddish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kaddish is recited only in a congregation because there can be no public sanctification of G-d's name without a public assembly.
		The Whole Kaddish is recited by the CANTOR at the conclusion of a major portion of the public prayer service and it includes a special verse asking G-d to accept all of the prayers that were recited.
		Whether the Kaddish is recited by a Cantor or a mourner, all members of the congregation say the responses.
	www.njop.org /Shabbat/Kaddish.htm (199 words)

	קדיש The Kaddish Prayer
		The reason for the kaddish prayer is to elevate the soul through our prayers as explained on the "explanation page".
		Reading the words of the Kaddish prayer, one will see there is no mention of souls of the departed, the Sefer Tikunim explains that when a person has lost someone they love, the normal reaction of every human is to feel lost, lonely, depressed, sad and devastated.
		The Kaddish prayer reminds us to think of the fact that our planet is just a speck of dust in the great scheme of things, the small planet "earth" moves in this vast Universe created by GOD.
	www.yarzheit.com /Kaddish.htm (577 words)

	Kaddish - Review Commonweal - Find Articles
		According to the extensive, expansive, exhausting commentary of centuries of rabbis, kaddish "acquits" the soul of the father through the action of the son, delivering the father from the pains of Gehenna (hell) to various levels of heavenly reward.
		Kaddish is a lengthy - 588-pages worth - meditation on death and its meaning for the living.
		Kaddish is not a prayer for the soul of the dead as in the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1252/is_2_126/ai_53972962 (695 words)

	Kaddish Q & A
		Kaddish is commonly referred to as the "Mourner's Prayer" as it is recited for the deceased.
		Kaddish is a strongly held tradition that is widely practiced in all circles of the Jewish community.
		Kaddish needs to be said in the presence of a Minyan, a quorum of ten, and only after the recitation of Torah verses said in prayer or in study, either scripture or Talmud.
	russianjewry.com /programs/kaddish/qa.php (674 words)

	Kaddish: Mishpacha
		In order to fulfill the obligation of Kaddish, the mourner must rouse himself from his pain and become part of an ongoing social enterprise, the minyan (a quorum of ten men required for certain prayers).
		Conversely, the Kaddish singles out the mourner to the community, reminding them for a full year to embrace one of their members who is in pain.
		Kaddish is felt to be a great obligation on the mourners to fulfill in a last act of filial piety.
	www.mishpacha.org /kaddish.shtml (580 words)

	Belief
		Perhaps the best study of the Kaddish is Leon Wieseltier's Kaddish [1] which is a rambling but scholarly and poetic reading of the classic sources together with Wieseltier's ruminations during the year he recited the Kaddish for his father.
		The extended rabbinic Kaddish seems to have been used at the graveside but not beyond that, although some midrashic sources indicate that that might be beneficial to the deceased.
		The text of the mourner's Kaddish follows the text of the full-Kaddish omitting the line "May the prayers and supplications...." It is used to commemorate the dead and is recited at various points in the liturgy.
	www.js.emory.edu /BLUMENTHAL/Kaddish.html (7171 words)

	Ari Goldman explains the meaning of kaddish, Judaism's prayer of mourning. -- Beliefnet.com
		Kaddish, an Aramaic poem that praises God, is one of the oldest parts of the synagogue liturgy.
		The central lines of kaddish are mentioned in the Talmud, which was written and edited in the third to the sixth centuries.
		The early rabbinic sources show kaddish associated with the study of sacred texts--it was said at the conclusion of Torah study-but by the Middle Ages, it became linked with mourning.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/136/story_13669_1.html (504 words)

	Essays: Kaddish
		The Rabbinic Kaddish is recited not only after profound scholarly study, discussion or halachic judgments, but also after the study or discussion of homiletics and the stories of Torah by average Jews for whom the study of the daily Talmud section might be too difficult.
		The purpose of the yearly Kaddish is to effect the ascent of the soul from level to level and it is not connected to the subject of judgment.
		As to the Kaddish which is recited during the first year...the reason is not as is commonly believed by the general population that it only helps to save the soul of the departed from the judgment of purgatory.
	www.sichosinenglish.org /essays/58.htm (3649 words)

	kaddish - pbos12
		For eleven months following the death of a parent and on the anniversary of the death - yahrzeit, a person is to recite kaddish for the well-being of the departed.
		Kaddish is recited only in the presence of a minyan.
		Kaddish was not originally a prayer for the death.
	www.hebrewletters.com /item.cfm?itemid=947 (510 words)

	Presence: On Kaddish
		Kaddish has always been somewhat of an enigma to me; I never had a good understanding as to why it functions as a sort of multi-purpose prayer.
		On the one hand, we use it to seperate between sections of davening, which, despite the fact that it is in the midst of the prayer service, is a bit of a mundane application.
		We say Kaddish at the completion of something, whether that is something we have been studying, a section of the prayer service, or a life.
	presence.baltiblogs.com /2006/09/14/on_kaddish.html (592 words)

	Jewish Standard The last Kaddish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is a school of thought that says that a parent can discharge his or her children’s obligation to say Kaddish.
		After having gone through it, however, I have come to understand that Kaddish (like most of the Jewish laws and customs relating to mourning) is a gift, an opportunity to maintain a connection to the deceased long after time would ordinarily fight off the memories.
		But the same people who told me to say Kaddish for the year (actually 11 months) are telling me to stop saying it now.
	www.jstandard.com /articles/1771/1/The-last-Kaddish (748 words)

	The Kaddish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kaddish is the mourner's prayer, recited by the family of a departed loved one.
		Kaddish is also recited once a year on the Yartzeit, the anniversary of the death.
		When the Kaddish is recited in shul, those who do not need to say Kaddish interject at appropriate times with Amens.
	www.everburninglight.org /The-Kaddish-3.html (176 words)

	Ritualwell.org - Kaddish: Mourners' Prayer
		Kaddish, the memorial prayer, is traditionally said by one who has lost a parent, sibling, child, or spouse every day for 30 days following the funeral.
		Kaddish is said in the presence of a minyan (ten Jews) during morning, afternoon and evening prayer services every day.
		While most Jews associate kaddish with death, the prayer itself, written and intoned in rhythmic Aramaic, makes no mention of death at all.
	www.ritualwell.org /lifecycles/death/kaddishmournersprayer/index_html (228 words)

	What Kaddish Means : Saying Kaddish
		Kaddish asks Jews to hallow death — to take what might appear random, meaningless, and cruel, and speak of it as part of the sacred whole.
		Kaddish reminds mourners of their obligation both to dream of such a world and to build it — without delay.
		Kaddish puts this accumulation of affirmation into the mourner's mouth, maintaining the connection, however tenuous, between the bereaved and the Holy One.
	www.enotalone.com /article/4542.html (2147 words)

	Why don't daughters say kaddish after their parents? \| AskMoses.com - Judaism, Ask a Rabbi - Live (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is not necessary for a woman to say kaddish, for there are many other ways a woman can pay respects and give the proper benefit to the souls of her deceased parents.
		If kaddish was about mourning then a stranger would not be able to say kaddish for a departed soul whom he has never met.
		kaddish is an indirect prayer for the dead.
	www.askmoses.com /article.html?h=579&o=2517 (892 words)

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