Do all prayers need to be prayed in a Synagogue? Or can we pray for our deceased and living anywhere we want to pray for them at anytime?
The Kaddish the prayer for the deceased ideally needs ten minyan members in a Synagogue or nine plus the Torah to open the Torah Scroll and recite the Kaddish.
On specific other Jewish Holy Days we have the Yizkor which is also a Prayer we pray for our deceased.
But if we are not in a Synagogue can we remember our dead?
Yes, of course, we can remember and mourn the passing of anyone at anytime, at any place. We could go to the cemetery and put a stone on a gravestone. Or we can just have a personal one on one talk with G-D Who can reassure us that our deceased family or friend is in peace as G-D is now protecting the deceased in The World To Come.
If we need strength, we can remember our Father if he is deceased, or our Mother, we can just lean against a wall as we are walking and call to G-D to talk to us, He talks to us through The Torah. We ask Him to care for our dead after death the same as we asked Him to care for our now deceased as when s/he was alive. We remember our heroes but not as ghosts.
Our lives are projections of our parents' lives, who if are now deceased they cannot pray. So instead of them praying, we must pray for them, in their stead.
Wisdom? Never forget a deceased family member. Remember their yahrzeits and their birthdays. The Yarhzeit candle can be burned for 24 hours. Talk to your deceased family member, yes, as you similarly talk to Abraham and Sarah while reciting the Amidah or on Sukkot the Jewish Holiday when we call the deceased into our backyard Sukkahs.
You can pray for anyone, anywhere, anytime, because G-D can hear us no matter where we are. His intentions are to care for our dead and to care for us and to care for our living family and friends.
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