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<div>The Chavos Yair wrote that seems to be the first sh&quot;ut on women saying kaddish.&nbsp; He lived in the 1600's. IIUC it's generally assumed that the saying of kaddish by yatom was in response to the crusades (100's of years earlier)</div>


<div>Any insights on the reason it took so long for the question to come up?<br>


KT<br>


Joel Rich</div>


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