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# One may answer amen to a Yehi Ratzon a Jew says even if the Yehi Ratzon didn't have Hashem's name in it.<ref>Nitei Gavriel [[Rosh Hashana]] 29:23</ref> | # One may answer amen to a Yehi Ratzon a Jew says even if the Yehi Ratzon didn't have Hashem's name in it.<ref>Nitei Gavriel [[Rosh Hashana]] 29:23</ref> | ||
# Amen must be said within [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]] (2-3 seconds) of the Bracha or if one’s in a congregation one can say Amen until the majority of the congregation has finished saying Amen. <Ref>Rama 124:8 says that the Amen must be said immediately after the Bracha and Mishna Brurah 124:34 explain it means [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]]. Vezot HaBracha (pg 189) agrees. </ref> | # Amen must be said within [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]] (2-3 seconds) of the Bracha or if one’s in a congregation one can say Amen until the majority of the congregation has finished saying Amen. <Ref>Rama 124:8 says that the Amen must be said immediately after the Bracha and Mishna Brurah 124:34 explain it means [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]]. Vezot HaBracha (pg 189) agrees. </ref> | ||
# When hearing a Bracha over a microphone, if one’s in the same room one may answer Amen, | # When hearing a Bracha over a microphone, if one’s in the same room one may answer Amen. If not, some Poskim hold one may not answer <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 189) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref>, while others hold one may answer but one cannot fulfill any obligations in this manner.<ref>See [[Brachot Through a Microphone]]</ref> | ||
# Some say that one should answer Amen to a bracha one heard over the phone<Ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 4:91:4)</ref> | # Some say that one should answer Amen to a bracha one heard over the phone<Ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 4:91:4)</ref> | ||
