Reciting Kaddish is Meritorious
b. Sotah 49a
R. Simeon ben Gamaliel says in the name of R. Joshua: From the day that the Temple was destroyed, there is no [day that does not include some form of curse]. [ . . . ] But [if everything is deteriorating,] why does the world [continue to] exist? By the sanctification [kedushah de-sidra’] that [is said in the] order [of prayers] and [by the response] “Let His great name [be blessed,” which is recited after the study] of aggadah.
b. Shabbat 119b
R. Joshua ben Levi said [that] anyone who answers, “Amen, may His great name be blessed,” [wholeheartedly,] with all his might, [they] rip his sentence, as it is stated: When punishments are annulled in Israel, when the people offer themselves, bless the Lord (Judges 5:2). What is the reason for when punishments are annulled? Because [the Jewish people] blessed God.
Notes
Words in brackets appear in the original translation.
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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
