[Avodah] a troubling halacha

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Sun Nov 9 06:21:20 PST 2008


kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> R' Ben Waxman wrote:
>> This should also apply to a male who doesn't say
>> kaddish (a brother of a woman who has grown sons
>> for example).

> I understand that in communities where only one person says kaddish,
> an avel for a parent has higher priority than an avel for other relatives.
> But you seem to be saying that in some communities, an avel for other
> relatives does not say kaddish at all, unless there are no sons to say it.
> 
> Is that so? I'm curious which communities are that way.

I've never heard of another relative saying kaddish, when there are sons
to say it.  Where have you seen such a minhag?

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