I am through with this! I performed a very rapid mathematical calculation in my head. This is what my aunt had forgotten, or perhaps, had never known. It was a story that my late mother had told me, years ago, when I was a young boy.
My grandfather had a young relative, somewhere in Czechoslovakia. Her parents could see the gathering storm clouds on the Jewish horizon, and they wrote to my grandfather.
Will you adopt her as a foster child, and bring her to the United States, and raise her? My grandfather sprang into action. He traversed the jungles of red tape, and finally, he was able to secure the proper papers for this young girl, that would allow her to come to the United States.
After the war, when these Jews wanted to repay her in some way for her great compassion they discovered to their deep sorrow that she had died right after the liberation. The idea took root in their minds to say Kaddish for her, and Reb Moshe Segal was chosen for the task. His question was whether it is permissible to say Kaddish for a gentile? May He who grants bounty to the Jewish people grant bounty to all the generous non-Jews who endangered themselves to save Jews.
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Enter Search Phrase:. Browse By Keyword:. Improve this answer. A local rabbi in Chicago disallows doing this even with the parents' permission — Daniel. Parents who don't give permission should really just get over themselves and let the kid do something nice. What kind of chinukh is that anyway? That your own ego and fear of a child's conspiracy against you outweighs chesed shel emet?
DoubleAA What the parent should do is not part of the question. If the parent believes that the child saying kaddish for the relative will cause him to have to say kaddish for the parent as some people do , then it is an actual sakannah in the parent's mind. However, that is not part of this question. You should know though that just bc a parent believes something doesn't make it a sakana. It is not a sakana. Skipping this opportunity is the same as if your parents told you not to jump rope.
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