[Avodah] why stop learning?

[Allan Engel]

Your first example is due to the principle of Bera Mezake Abba, (the
good deeds of a child are a zechus for a parent) rather than a general
klal.

This is why many poskim hold that only the Kaddish of a child or
grandchild provides merit for the deceased.

ADE

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> On 8/02/2012 3:36 PM, David Riceman wrote:
>>
>> Where is the evidence that learning or doing chessed "for the zchus" of a
>> person has any effect? What mechanism induces that effect?
>
>
> 1. The story of Rabbi Akiva having a rasha's son say kaddish for his
> zechus.