[Avodah] a troubling halacha

[Arie Folger]

RET wrote:
> There is a rabbi in our shul who lost a son (about 20 year old) in a
> military raid. He says kaddish for his son for several years. Again
> while there is no halacha of saying kaddish beyond 30 days I don't see
> anything wrong with continuing.

Why 30 days? Qadish isn't a matter of aveilut, but is rather connected to the 
particular din the soul goes through during the period immediately following 
the onset of death, as well as when the soul is nifqedet.
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