[Avodah] [Areivim] airline prayer

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R Dov Weinstock wrote to Areivim:
> Re: the kaddish issue - despite the importance which kaddish
> has taken on in modern times, my understanding is that it
> has little true halachic significance. While I don't want to
> dissuade any avel from being conscientious about davening
> with a minyan, isn't this is a personal stringency which
> would have little weight vis-a-vis the other issues being
> discussed?

I had felt similarly for a long while. Then I realized that although the obligation of Kaddish is only minhag in origin, once one actually says it, it seems (to me) to be a kiyum of Kibud Av V'Em (which I do realize is of less significance once the parent has passed on, but is still not trivial).

Akiva Miller
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