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Question
Should an Avel who is Sephardi say a Sephardi kaddish if he is in a shul which is a different Nusach? And should a Nusach Ashkenaz (or Nusach Sephard) who is saying kaddish in a Sephardi Bet Knesset say his own Nusach or not?
Answer
Kaddish should be said according to the Nusach of the Shul, not according to the Avel's personal Nusach.
[אג"מ או"ח ח"ב סימן כג וח"ד סימן לד, וכ"ד הגרש"ז אויערבאך זצ"ל בהליכות שלמה - תפלה פרק ה סעיף כ דבר הלכה ס"ק לג]

Changes to tefillot in Eretz Yisrael
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Nisan 18, 5773

Siddur
Rabbi David Sperling | Av 10, 5774

Pronunciations of Hebrew
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 15 Tevet 5764



