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From
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/oscnhpf" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/oscnhpf</a><br><br>
<font size=3><b>Orthodox rabbis of Beit Hillel organization say they have
found halachic sources allowing women to recite prayer in memory of their
deceased parents too</b> <br><br>
A surprising new halachic ruling issued by Orthodox rabbinical
organization Beit Hillel allows women, for the first time, to say the
Kaddish prayer in memory of their deceased parents.<br><br>
After probing the issue in the past few months, the organization's
rabbis, both men and women, found halachic sources allowing them to
permit an act which has been considered a taboo for hundreds of years.
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See the above URL for more.<br>
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This article implies that this ruling is "revolutionary."
However, I know for a fact that Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine,
Z"L, former rov of the YI of Ave J, allowed women to say
kaddish daily at shachris provided that there was a man or men who also
saying kaddish. The women were, of course, behind a
mechitza.<br><br>
Furthermore, I recall davening shachris at the YI of Brookline a
number of years ago during the week. There was a woman behind the
mechitza who said kaddish. <br><br>
So this ruling is not allowing women to say kaddish for the first
time! They have said kaddish before in two places that I am
familiar with, and I have no reason to believe that this has not occured
in other shuls. YL</font></body>
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