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===Answering Amen to One's Own Bracha=== | ===Answering Amen to One's Own Bracha=== | ||
# While Ashkenazim only answer Amen to their own bracha at the end of Boneh Yerushalayim in Birkat HaMazon, the Sephardic tradition is to answer Amen in any major instance of making a series of brachot, such as at the end of Yishtabach, Sim Shalom, Hallel, the Haftarah brachot, and Hashkiveinu. This does not include Brachot recited before performance of a mitzvah or eating, as that would constitute a Hefsek.<ref>See [[Answering Amen to Your Own Bracha]]</ref> | # While Ashkenazim only answer Amen to their own bracha at the end of Boneh Yerushalayim in Birkat HaMazon, the Sephardic tradition is to answer Amen in any major instance of making a series of brachot, such as at the end of Yishtabach, Sim Shalom, Hallel, the Haftarah brachot, and Hashkiveinu. This does not include Brachot recited before performance of a mitzvah or eating, as that would constitute a Hefsek.<ref>See [[Answering Amen to Your Own Bracha]]</ref> | ||
# If two people make the same bracha at the same time, neither should respond Amen, because it | # If two people make the same bracha at the same time, neither should respond Amen, because it seems as if one is responding Amen to one's own bracha.<ref>Mishna Brurah 51:3</ref> Also see the [[Answering_Amen_to_Your_Own_Bracha]] page. | ||
==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ||
