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Kehilat Or Menorah
Without a minyan we can't observe the year of mourning or a Yortzeit - or even a funeral in the usual fashion - by reciting the Mourners' Kaddish with others answering with the appropriate congregational responses such as Amen, Yehay Shmay Rabah, etc
Some learn Mishna/Talmud in place of Kaddish, others recite extra psalms
Many don't know that our ancestors created legitimate substitutions for Kaddish when a minyan wasn't available, or when someone arrived late to shul, by using biblical verses with words similar to Kaddish — and we would do well to avail ourselves of those solutions now. According to the 13th-century work Sefer Hasidim, "a person who lives in a village without a minyan or who arrived late to the communal prayer after they had already said 'may God's great name …'" can say a modified version of the traditional prayer privately at home.
A small number of American Orthodox synagogues learn Torah together online and then allow mourners to recite a medieval "Kaddish for an individual" poem (two versions available here in the original Hebrew and in translation).
This approach allows us to maintain the integrity of communal prayer and locate a solution within the tradition without stretching halacha (Jewish law) beyond its limits.
The 2 versions are attached below
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