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#If a person hears a bracha made properly by a Jew there is an obligation to answer Amen. This obligation is derived from the verse כי שם יהוה אקרא הבו גדל לאלהינו. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 215:2 based on the Gemara Yoma 37a, Rambam Hilchot Brachot 1:13, Mishna Brurah 215:8, Kaf Hachayim 124:30. </ref> | #If a person hears a bracha made properly by a Jew there is an obligation to answer Amen. This obligation is derived from the verse כי שם יהוה אקרא הבו גדל לאלהינו.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 215:2 based on the Gemara Yoma 37a, Rambam Hilchot Brachot 1:13, Mishna Brurah 215:8, Kaf Hachayim 124:30. </ref> | ||
#One should answer Amen to any blessing one hears whether one wishes to fulfill an obligation or not. It is proper to answer Amen after a [[Tefillah]] or bracha even if it does not contain the name of Hashem ([[Shem UMalchut]]) for example: the Mi SheBerach (מי שברך), Harachaman (הרחמן) in [[benching]], and some add “Makom Yenachem Etchem…”. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 124:6, 189:5, 215:9; Mishna Brurah 215:9; Vezot HaBracha pg 188 in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref> | #One should answer Amen to any blessing one hears whether one wishes to fulfill an obligation or not. It is proper to answer Amen after a [[Tefillah]] or bracha even if it does not contain the name of Hashem ([[Shem UMalchut]]) for example: the Mi SheBerach (מי שברך), Harachaman (הרחמן) in [[benching]], and some add “Makom Yenachem Etchem…”. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 124:6, 189:5, 215:9; Mishna Brurah 215:9; Vezot HaBracha pg 188 in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref> | ||
#One may answer Amen to a Yehi Ratzon a Jew says even if the Yehi Ratzon did not 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 did not have Hashem's name in it.<ref>Nitei Gavriel [[Rosh Hashana]] 29:23</ref> | ||
