On the one hand, I understand that I had taken on this obligation to say Kaddish for this person and therefore it is an ongoing annual occurrence and obligation, however now that the person who actually had the chiuv is no longer chiuv, do I become exempt from this second hand obligation?
In addition to saying Kaddish for yartzheit, what about yizkor?
I can actually see the question from both sides.
Thank you very much!
A. In principle we must also consider the fact that he was complying with the great mitzva of on the day of the Yohrzait of a fellow Jewish individual.
This reciting Kaddish mitzva can be complied with even when there is no actual family relationship at all, as it is done in many cases for the survivors of wars or the Kedoshim of the Shoah (Holocaust), Great Tzadikim, and the heroes of wars.
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