This is a practice worthwhile encouraging in every case for all parents. My father was a self-defined agnostic and he may have found some of the effort I went to say kaddish a bit ridiculous, but I feel sure that that he would have loved some of them too. As we discuss in the article " Why Do We Say Kaddish for the Deceased? When did it become customary for an orphan or mourner to say the Kaddish? Eleven Months of Kaddish: A Mourning Journey Rabbi anina said: It is an acronym of the words: God, faithful King [El Melekh neeman]. I DO believe that my father deserves a great deal of the credit (and blame) for who I am, but I doubt whether or not I show up to minyan more often and mumble a few words for a year (or 11 months) will say much toward any judgment he receives due to the person I became. Mourning is like coming up from 40 meters underwater - you have to. It was time. However, it was taught in a baraita that Rabbi Yosei says: the one who answers amen is greater than the one who recites the blessing. Kaddish is recited every day during the morning, afternoon, and evening services. Rabbi Akiva took care of this grievous omission and, when the child was old enough, he taught him Torah and how to daven in shul, including the prayers the man had specified. Many in the Jewish faith try to adhere to this time-honored tradition and recite the Kaddish in accordance with their Jewish beliefs. God of spirits, in whose hands rest the souls of the living and the dead. Should Kaddish for a parent be said for eleven or twelve months? I felt so grateful that people made such an effort to show up and be a part of this, but soon realized that they were grateful to me too, thanking me profusely for allowing them to participate. And so, children inherit the unresolved baggage of their parents. Standing and being recognized as a mourner gives people who dont know about the loss a chance to say a kind word. In order to recite the Kaddish, 13 Jewish men must make a quorum. My mother had eight daughters and no son; and yet never did I hear a word of regret pass the lips of either my mother or my father that one of us was not a son.

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