<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Eli Turkel <<a href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">eliturkel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<<The way I understand it, saying kaddish is a zekhus for the niftar,<br>
but by no means the only way that a chid's actions can be a zekhus for<br>
a deceased parent. <font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Eli Turkel<br></font></blockquote></div><br>FWIW<br><ol><li>I have heard [no firm source] that learning a Mishnah is a good [or maybe beter] than saying a kaddish as far as zechuyos go.</li><li>KItzur SA mentiosn saying haftaros as an Avel. I have rarely if ever seen this done in practice. I have seen it for yahrtzeits.</li>
<li>There is also mention of leading birkas Hamazon<br></li></ol><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>