{"id":50780,"date":"2013-10-24T19:21:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T03:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=50780"},"modified":"2013-10-24T19:21:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T03:21:47","slug":"saying-kaddish-for-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=50780","title":{"rendered":"Saying Kaddish For Your Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine at shul, a baal teshuva, was asked who he was saying kaddish for. Was it his mother? No. Was it his father? No. It was for his dog.<\/p>\n<p>The dog had been getting chemo the past few months. I got to find out about the dog&#8217;s oncologist.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d never heard of a pet getting chemo, nor of somebody saying kaddish for his pet, nor of a pet having his own oncologist. I love America!<\/p>\n<p>M. writes: Oh, I am glad that people have such problems. 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