Kaddish De-Rabbanan in the Middle of Pesukei Dezimra

Pesukei de-zimrah

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Question

If Pesukei Dezimra was started without ten people praying, and the tenth person arrives in the middle of Pesukei Dezimra, can Kaddish De-Rabbanan be recited in the middle of Pesukei Dezimra?

Answer

One should not recite Kaddish after Baruch She'amar, as it is the beginning of the blessing that concludes with Yishtabach, and it is forbidden to interrupt in the middle of this blessing. Only if one hears Kaddish does one interrupt to respond 'Amen', but one should not initially interrupt for the purpose of reciting Kaddish. In the Sephardic rite, where Hodu is recited before Baruch She'amar, one may interrupt for Kaddish in Hodu. According to the opinion of our teacher, the Rabbi, Ashkenazim may start from Hodu to wait for ten to arrive before Baruch She'amar.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 51, Paragraph 4: "One must be careful not to interrupt with speech from the beginning of Baruch She'amar until the end of the Amidah. The Rema writes that even for the sake of a mitzvah, one should not speak between Baruch She'amar and Yishtabach. Although the Mishnah Berurah there, Siman Katan 4, writes that when one answers Amen, it is a praise and similar to the blessing of song, it is clear that one should not say other praises not instituted by the Men of the Great Assembly, but his intention is that since one is obligated to answer, it is not considered an interruption, together with the reasoning that it is a praise. The Chida in Kesher Udl, Siman 7, writes that it is permissible to say Kaddish in the middle of Pesukei Dezimra, but the halacha is ruled that it should not be said, see Shaarei Teshuva 51, Kaf Hachaim 58.

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