Kaddish for a Person Who Disappeared and Is Given Up on Being Found
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Question
If someone's father disappeared in the war and there is no hope of finding him, do they say Kaddish for him after sitting shiva?
Answer
Kaddish is not recited for him because there is a concern that if Kaddish is said, his wife may be allowed to remarry, and she is forbidden to remarry as her husband might still be alive.
Source
Taz in Yoreh De'ah 340:3 and Shach 340:7 based on the words of Baal HaItur mentioned there in Beit Yosef, and they wrote that it is prohibited.
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