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==Answering to Kaddish== | ==Answering to Kaddish== | ||
# One who answers amen yehei shemei rabba with all his strength annuls any bad decrees. <ref> Gemara [[Shabbat]] 119b </ref> | # One who answers amen yehei shemei rabba with all his strength annuls any bad decrees. <ref> Gemara [[Shabbat]] 119b </ref> | ||
==Common Mistakes When Answering Amen== | |||
# There are four common mistakes when responding אמן. | |||
## One must make sure pronounce the kamatz under the Aleph of [[Amen]], otherwise it is considered an [[Amen]] Chatufa. Additionally, [[Amen]] Chatufa includes when someone responds [[Amen]] before the bracha has been completed. <ref> S"A 124:8, Biur Halacha 124:8 s.v. Kriyat</ref> | |||
## One should ensure to pronounce the nun of [[Amen]], otherwise it is considered an [[Amen]] Katufa. <ref> S"A 124:8, Biur Halacha 124:8 s.v. Kriyat</ref> | |||
## One should be sure to answer [[Amen]] slowly. One's [[amen]] should take as long as it would normally take to say El Melech Neeman, but not overly protracted.<ref> S"A 124:8, Mishna Brurah 124:36, [[Brachot]] 47a</ref> | |||
## If one didn't hear a bracha, one shouldn't answer [[Amen]], otherwise it would be considered an [[Amen Yetoma]]. If one didn't hear the bracha, but knows what bracha/Kaddish is being said, one may in fact answer [[Amen]]. However, if one is attempting to fulfill an obligation with someone else's bracha, but did not actually hear the whole bracha, one can answer [[amen]] even though he will not fulfill his obligation.<ref>Mishna Brurah 124:31 and 124:34, S"A 124:8</ref> | |||
# According to Ashkenazim, one should not respond [[Amen]] to one's own bracha. If, after making a bracha on food, one answered [[Amen]] to one's own bracha, it is considered a [[Hefsek]]. Also, if someone else made the same bracha at the same time that he did, he should not respond [[Amen]] because it sounds like he is responding [[Amen]] to his own bracha.<ref>S"A 215:1, Mishna Brurah 215:1 and 51:3</ref> | |||
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