7
votes
"Yotzer Or" procedure
Yes, the Chazzan must say that line out loud. In fact, as part of his job as Chazzan, he should really recite all the blessings surrounding the recitation of Shema, in the morning and the evening, ...
- 97.2k
6
votes
Should you recite amen after Ahava Rabbah?
The Shulchan Aruch 59:4 says not to answer amen after Ahava Rabbah/Olam.
The Rema to 61:3 says that the custom is people finish Ahava Rabbah before the Shatz, so they can answer Amen.
The Mishnah ...
- 19.6k
5
votes
Accepted
Answering Amen to Shelo Asani Isha
R. Shraga Feivish Schneebalg has a responsum about this precise question, in Shu"t Shraga Hameir 8:23.
He begins by noting that he had this question for many years, but because it was not relevant to ...
- 49k
4
votes
Accepted
Should I answer the kaddish if I'm still at the amidah?
The Shulchan Aruch says that one should not answer to kaddish or kedusha in the middle of amidah. He says that one should stop praying, listen and lechaven and that will be as though one answered.
In ...
- 3,815
4
votes
Amen on a bracha levatala/sheino tzricha
Shulchan Arukh OC 215:4:
כל המברך ברכה שאינה צריכה הרי זה נושא שם שמים לשוא, והרי הוא כנשבע לשוא ואסור לענות אחריו אמן:
Anyone who blesses a blessing that isn't necessary has taken God's name in ...
- 97.2k
3
votes
Accepted
Answering the Chazzan from outside a Shul
Explicit Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in 15:4 - סימן טו - דיני קדיש וברכו וצרוף עשרה ואם יצאו מקצתן ודין השליח צבור
צְרִיכִין שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל הָעֲשָׂרָה בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד, וְהַשְּׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר עִמָּהֶם, ...
- 42.8k
3
votes
May one answer Amen before washing their hands?
From Halachapedia
https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Netilat_Yadayim_upon_Waking_Up
It is not permissible to learn or even think Torah before washing one's hands. However, if one is going to ...
- 10.5k
3
votes
Is it okay to respond "Amein" to a gibberish prayer made in jest?
Your question is not clear, but:
If it's an actual prayer, then added in "sounds" are acceptable. It's not unusual for a Chazzan to add in la-lala-la or similar - so as to stretch the words to the ...
- 42.8k
3
votes
Why does the congregation interrupt the chazzan in the middle of sentences of Kaddish?
In case this satisfies you, the Magid Meisharim discusses this in his own way.
The Beis Yosef quotes the Shiblei Haleket that since the ten prasises in Kaddish correspond to the ten commandments we ...
- 4,978
2
votes
Answering Amen to Kaddish when you don't know where they are holding
I can't say for certain for kaddish, but for sure for brachos the mishnah berurah quotes a machlokes and writes that one should not say amein if unsure the bracha.
2
votes
Why demand Amen via V'Imru Amen (ואמרוּ אָמֵן) at end of kaddish versus just amen elsewhere?
As an aside, the prompting of "ואמרו" is not found in all early manuscripts of the kaddish, some have "ונאמר".
Dr. de Sola Pool, in his 'The Kaddish' (pg. 42), posits that the idea was to seal ...
- 11.9k
2
votes
Answering Amen , Kaddish and Barchu during different parts of davening
In the respective inside back covers of the popular sidurim תפלת כל פה (where the chart is in Hebrew) and תהלת ה׳ (where it's in English and according to Chabad-Lubavitch practice).
ArtScroll sidurim ...
- 73.7k
2
votes
"Yotzer Or" procedure
That phrase is the start of one long b'racha ending Baruch Ata Hashem, Yotzer Ham'orot, and not a b'racha of its own.
Therefore you should not say "Amen" at that point (after Et Ha Kol) but only at ...
- 3,036
2
votes
Amen in Boneh Yerushalayim
1) The Shulchan Aruch and the Rema both hold that we say Amen at the end the third bracha of the Birkhat HaMazon ("Boneh Yerushalayim") because that point is the end of the d'oraita Birkhat HaMazon, ...
- 5,021
2
votes
Accepted
Amen between Hashkiveinu and Yir'u Eineinu in maariv
This is the position of R' Yosef Karo (OC 236:4). See plenty of literature surrounding his writings there.
- 97.2k
2
votes
Can you answer amen to a non-Jewish blessing or prayer of a gentile?
The impression from Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 215:2 would seem to be that one can answer amen only provided that the normative formula of the blessing remains unchanged:
אֲבָל אִם הָיָה ...
- 17.7k
1
vote
Accepted
Answering Amen After One Has Finished Sim Shalom/Shalom Rav
Rav Eliezer Melamed in his comprehensive and well-organized Peninei Halakha (17:12) explains
From the beginning of Elokai netzor until the second time
Yih’yu l’ratzon is recited, one is permitted to ...
- 13.8k
1
vote
Why not fulfill the birchat hashachar with the leader?
This practice is mentioned in the Mishna brura 46,2 14:
ובזמננו המנהג שכל אחד מברך בפני עצמו ואין הש"ץ מוציא שום אדם
Nowadays everyone blesses for themselves and the Baal Tefila does not fulfill ...
- 11.4k
1
vote
Do we answer אָמֵן after the leader says וְאִמְרוּ or after he says וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן?
The Mogain Avraham in Siman 124' S'eef Koton 14' says ואם החזן מאריך בנגון של ואמרו אמן יאמרו אמן מיד כי הנגון הוי הפסק",meaning that if the Chazan stretches out the ואמרו אמןthen one should say Amain ...
1
vote
Accepted
Should you answer Kadish s'fayka?
R' ovadya yosef writes:
אין להתיר לומר קדיש וברכו ושאר דברים שבקדושה הנאמרים בעשרה, סמוך לקברות צדיקים, מבלי שיהיה שם מנין של עשרה אנשים. ואין לסמוך בזה על דברי אגדה לומר שצדיקים במיתתם קרויים חיים, (...
- 88
1
vote
Answering 'Amen' to Birkas Kohanim during regular Shemonei Esrei (Chabad Nusach)
According to a more detailed chart found on the back of a Chabad siddur, one does not answer the "birkat kohanim" of the chazan during Pesukei Dezimra, but as you can see below, one does answer a real ...
- 3,849
1
vote
Brachos and Amen "parties"
I've gone to two and they've been very inspiring with a lot of Torah teachings and stories of miracles. There were women of all ages and even some children from second and third grade up. We were ...
- 21
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible