Prayer after 11 months
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Question
There is a prayer from Pele Yoetz: 'May it be Your will... that You accept with mercy and favor all the good deeds that I do, whether in thought or in speech... for the merit, rest, and elevation of the soul, spirit, and soul of my father and mother... May it be Your will that his soul be bound in the bond of life.' Can this prayer be said after 11 months?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
It is permitted and a mitzvah to pray and add merits for one's deceased parents, even after 11 months from the passing.
Only regarding the Kaddish, it is said that it should not be recited after 12 months, and the reason is that it is said: 'The judgment of the wicked in Gehinnom is 12 months', we make a sign that our parents are certainly not considered wicked and are not there for 12 months.