[Avodah] The Singular Way Of Saying Kaddish

[Prof. Levine]

At 10:27 AM 4/11/2011, Chana Luntz wrote:

>Hold on, I detect some Ashkenocentric assertions here.  The custom (whether
>one regards it as mistaken or not) is only less than 200 years old *in
>Ashkenaz*.  It appears generally acknowledged (see eg Chatam Sofer chelek
>Orech Chaim siman 309 - who did not approve of introducing it) that this was
>always the case amongst the Sephardim.  Rav Ya'akov Emden (who did approve
>of it) IIRC records having seen it amongst the Sephardim when his father was
>Rav in Turkey. But I agree that in Ashkenaz it appears to have made its
>appearance late. Pischei Teshuva on Yoreh De'ah 376 s.k. 6 cites the
>existence of this view and it is also mentioned in the Kitzur Shulchan Arukh
>26:18 as being a way of avoiding machlokus, but I am not aware of anyone
>earlier.

Please see the detailed discussion on the development of Kaddish 
Yasom at http://tinyurl.com/64g7dlv and in particular the discussion 
under the heading SEPHARADIC ATTITUDES TOWARD KADDISH, ADOPTION OF 
GROUP KADDISH  YL
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