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# 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> Similarly, 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> | # 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> Similarly, 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> | ||
===Answering Amen to One's Own Bracha=== | ===Answering Amen to One's Own Bracha=== | ||
# At the end of Boneh Yerushalayim in Birkat HaMazon, one answers Amen to his own Bracha. The Sephardic tradition is to answer Amen in any major instance of making a series of Berachot, such as at the end of Yishtabach, Sim Shalom, Hallel, the Haftarah Brachot, and Hashkiveinu.<ref>The Gemara in Berachot 45b cites two contradictory Baraitot calling one who answers Amen to his own Beracha praiseworthy and distasteful. The Gemara solves the contradiction by explaining that one who answers Amen to his own Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim is praised, while one who does so to other Brachot is distasteful. Tosafot (ibid). cites the positions of the Halachot Gedolot and Rabbeinu Chananel that this applies to other Berachot as well, those which, just like Boneh Yerushalayim, are the end of a series. However, Tosafot argues that the Gemara meant Boneh Yerushalayim to the exclusion of all other Berachot with no exception. </ref> | # At the end of Boneh Yerushalayim in Birkat HaMazon, one answers Amen to his own Bracha. The Sephardic tradition is to answer Amen in any major instance of making a series of Berachot, such as at the end of Yishtabach, Sim Shalom, Hallel, the Haftarah Brachot, and Hashkiveinu.<ref>The Gemara in Berachot 45b cites two contradictory Baraitot calling one who answers Amen to his own Beracha praiseworthy and distasteful. The Gemara solves the contradiction by explaining that one who answers Amen to his own Bracha of Boneh Yerushalayim is praised, while one who does so to other Brachot is distasteful. Tosafot (ibid). cites the positions of the Halachot Gedolot and Rabbeinu Chananel that this applies to other Berachot as well, those which, just like Boneh Yerushalayim, are the end of a series. However, Tosafot argues that the Gemara meant Boneh Yerushalayim to the exclusion of all other Berachot with no exception and brings the common practice in his location as proof. Many Rishonim disagree with Tosafot, namely, the Rif, Rambam, Rabbeinu Yonah, Rosh, and Tur, as quoted by the Beit Yosef (OC 51:4 and 215:1).<br> | ||
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==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ||
