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# One may only say Kaddish in a congregation of 10 men above the age of Bar Mitzvah.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:1</ref> | ==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> | |||
# 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.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:7</ref> | |||
==When Kaddish may be said== | |||
# 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.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:1</ref> | # 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.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:1</ref> | ||
==Proper practices of the congregation during Kaddish== | |||
# The congregants should listen carefully and answer the appropriate responses with kavana. <ref>Kitzur S"A 15:5</ref> | |||
# Anyone who answers "Amen Yehey Sheme Rabba..." with all of his strength and kavana any heavenly bad decree against him is ripped up.<ref>Kitzur S"A 15:5</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 14:00, 7 November 2012
Requirements for Kaddish
- One may only say Kaddish in a congregation of 10 men above the age of Bar Mitzvah.[1] 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. [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.[3]
When Kaddish may be said
- 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.[4]
Proper practices of the congregation during Kaddish
- The congregants should listen carefully and answer the appropriate responses with kavana. [5]
- Anyone who answers "Amen Yehey Sheme Rabba..." with all of his strength and kavana any heavenly bad decree against him is ripped up.[6]
