Recitation of Kaddish after Torah Reading
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Question
Who recites the Half Kaddish after the Torah reading: the Torah reader, the last aliyah, or a mourner present in the synagogue?
Answer
There are customs where the mourner present in the synagogue recites the Half Kaddish after the Torah reading. Some customs have the Torah reader recite it, and if the last aliyah is a mourner, the mourner can recite the Kaddish. In many places, the Torah reader recites it, and each place follows its custom. (Regarding Torah reading on Shabbat, it is said that even if the last aliyah, he does not recite it)
Source
Shdach 163, quoting the responsa of Rashbatz, writes that the Kaddish after the Torah reading belongs to the mourner. This is the custom among Sephardim.
However, the poskim write that this Kaddish is reserved for the deceased who have no one to say Kaddish for them, and therefore the mourner should not say it, but the Torah reader does, and if the mourner was the last aliyah, he can say the Half Kaddish. This is the custom among Ashkenazim.
(On Shabbat, it is said that the mourner should not say this Kaddish, because the Kaddish after the Torah reading is said in the Shabbat melody, and the mourner is forbidden to pray on Shabbat.)
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