Reply To: Wasting Other People’s Time

Please, don’t ever undervalue the importance of kaddish.

If we are going to accept, a priori, that it’s proper for me to say kaddish (which I’m going to do anyway, since I told the family members that I would), then the question should be thus:

My commitment to say kaddish is a commitment that I can take voluntarily. But I cannot force the tzibbur to take the time to listen to it. I don’t have the power (nor do I want the power or responsibility to) force the tzibbur to do so. Since I am, in effect, doing so, what are the proper steps that I should take to remedy it to the tzibbur?

The Wolf