Kaddish for a Father Who Instructed Not to Say Kaddish
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Question
If someone instructed his son not to say Kaddish for him, can he still say Kaddish anyway?
Answer
The son does not say Kaddish.
Source
Pithei Teshuva, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 344: "And see in Teshuvot Even Shoham, Siman 72, that if someone instructed that his son should not say Kaddish for him, they listen to him, see there."
There are those who disagree, and hold that if the father knew that this Kaddish would bring him into Gan Eden, he would not have instructed his son not to say it, and therefore he did not truly intend for it not to be said.
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