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Why I Stay Seated

October 19, 2017 by Rabbi Max Miller

Rabbi Max, why do you stay in your seat when you’re not leading Mourner's Kaddish? In short, because I’m not in mourning. I am blessed with two parents and two sisters who are all alive and well (may each one live to 120). I stay seated because I know that a day will come when I will be called to stand as a mourner. At Temple Emanu-El we have a unique compromise—one that represents the very essence of Reform Jewish practice. We honor and respect those who are various stages of mourning by asking them to rise and remain standing so that our k’hillah kedosha, our sacred community, may recognize those who are in need of our love and support. After we call for the mourners in the first thirty days, those in the first eleven months, and those marking the yartzeit of a loved one, we invite anyone whose custom it is to rise to do so for Mourner's Kaddish. In this way we give the opportunity for the mourners to be recognized, and we respect the decision of many to support the mourners by … [Read more...]

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