You can say Kaddish for anyone you know that has died. However, if your parents are both alive, you should seek their permission.
The tradition is to say Kaddish for 11 months after the death, and then for life at Yizkor services (on Yom Kippur plus 3 times a year, once for each pilgrimage festival). You need a minyan to say Kaddish, so it's usually during the 3 daily services, but you can say the kaddish after study if you are with are a minyan worth of Jews who have studied Torah (broadly interpreted).
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Kaddish is said at the end (and at several points in the middle) of every prayer service. Kaddish is also often recited at the end of a Torah class or a Siyum--the completion of one of the books of the Torah. Often a bar mitzvah boy will "make" a siyum and kaddish will be recited. But just to say kaddish at the party, no.
Yes, it can be done, but if you can't travel, you can say Kaddish in your synagogue.
No, the men in the concentration camp did not remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. They were consumed by their own struggle for survival and had become desensitized to the suffering of others.
Yes, women can say Kaddish in Jewish tradition. While historically, the practice has been more common among men, many communities now allow women to recite Kaddish to honor the memory of deceased loved ones. The acceptance of women saying Kaddish varies among different Jewish denominations, with more progressive communities generally being more inclusive.
At least 10 - the size of a minyan.
The kaddish are not a who. The Kaddish is a family of related prayers in the Jewish liturgy. Technically, these are doxologies, that is, short prayers of praise that are used to punctuate longer services, dividing or marking the ends of sections of a service. There is the long Kaddish, the short Kaddish, the Kaddish after study, and the mourner's Kaddish. The latter is a relatively short Kaddish reserved to be said by mourners (if any are present).
Kaddish is written in Aramaic.
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