[jjotto]

http://www.ou.org/torah/tefillah/kaddish/why_do_we_say_kaddish_for_the_deceased/

[cloudmountain]

As soon as the boy recited the appropriate prayers, his father’s soul was relieved of its harsh punishments.
Where was his father's soul while receiving its harsh punishments? Just curious if his soul was still in his body or had gone ... where to receive "harsh punishments"? He hadn't deserved Gehinom

Rabbi Naftali Brawer:
There is a key argument in the Talmud regarding the length of sentence in Gehinom for sinners and the widely accepted view is that with rare exception the longest sentence does not exceed twelve months. In this sense Gehinom is more like purgatory than eternal damnation.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle Online, August 25, 2011

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PURGATORY