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From
<a href="http://bit.ly/tt5T2I" eudora="autourl">http://bit.ly/tt5T2I</a>
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<font size=3>In previous posts
(especially<a href="http://treasuresofashkenaz.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/the-development-of-%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9D-part-ii-recent-developments/">
this one</a>), we have discussed the old minhog that only one
person recites kaddish at a time, and how, in the modern era (circa the
last two centuries), many congregations abandoned it, and adopted a
different practice in which basically was ‘deregulated’, with preferences
and limitations removed, under questionable circumstances. The posts
engendered much attention and interest. This new, French revolution
influenced, laissez-faire kaddish practice, was thought by some to be a
panacea, offering great benefits, with little or no cost.<br><br>
Time and experience, however, have shown us, that the new way was not an
unalloyed boon, and has cost us dearly in terms of decline in
<i>quality</i> of the kaddish experience. Essentially, we traded higher
<i>quality</i> of kaddish recitation for higher <i>quantity</i> of same.
Now that many decades and generations have passed, with the wisdom
endowed by time and experience, it seems only logical and fair that we
take a second look, and reassess the changes that were made. Were they
really necessary? Should they be left in place? Or perhaps we should
consider
<a href="http://treasuresofashkenaz.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/reverting-vs-converting-the-halachic-basis-for-returning-to-lost-minhogim-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%97%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%A0/">
reverting</a>, returning to the way of kaddish recitation of our
ancestors,<a href="http://treasuresofashkenaz.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/the-singular-way-of-saying-kaddish-how-to-make-kaddish-more-meaningful-powerful-effective-and-historically-correct/">
the singular kaddish</a>.<br><br>
See the above URL for the rest of this article. YL<br>
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