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==Common Mistakes When Answering Amen== | ==Common Mistakes When Answering Amen== | ||
# There are four common mistakes when responding אמן. | # There are four common mistakes when responding אמן. | ||
## One must make sure pronounce the kamatz under the Aleph of | ## 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 | ## 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 | ## 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 | ## 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 | # 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> See the [[Answering_Amen_to_Your_Own_Bracha]] page. | ||
==Misc.== | ==Misc.== | ||
# One shouldn't answer | # One shouldn't answer Amen louder than the Bracha itself unless one is doing so in order to motivate others to answer Amen.<ref>Gemara [[Brachot]] 45a, Shulchan Aruch 124:12, Mishna Brurah 124:47</ref> | ||
# If one hears two Berachat, one should answer | # If one hears two Berachat, one should answer Amen VeAmen rather than Amen Amen.<ref>Mishna Brurah 124:25</ref> | ||
# Some say that one should answer | # 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 the words Baruch Atta Hashem, one should answer "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo". The Chazzan should pause to give the congregation a chance to respond "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo". | # When hearing the words Baruch Atta Hashem, one should answer "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo". The Chazzan should pause to give the congregation a chance to respond "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo". | ||
# One should not say "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo" when one intends to fulfill an obligation by listen to someone else's bracha and when spoken interruptions are prohibited such as [[Pesukei DeZimrah]] and [[Birchot Kriyat Shema]]. <ref>S"A 124:5, Mishna Brurah 124:21, 22, Maharam Shik 51, Igrot Moshe 2:94</ref> | # One should not say "Baruch Hu UBaruch Shemo" when one intends to fulfill an obligation by listen to someone else's bracha and when spoken interruptions are prohibited such as [[Pesukei DeZimrah]] and [[Birchot Kriyat Shema]]. <ref>S"A 124:5, Mishna Brurah 124:21, 22, Maharam Shik 51, Igrot Moshe 2:94</ref> | ||
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