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==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ==How to Properly Answer Amen== | ||
#The proper intention of the word Amen changes with the bracha. When answering Amen to [[Birchot HaMitzvah]] or [[Birchot HaNehenin]], one's intention should be to affirm the truth of the bracha and one's belief in it. When answering to Birchot HaShevach, one should have in mind that one is affirming the truth of that praise. When responding Amen to tefillot one's Amen should be a request of Hashem to fulfill that [[prayer]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 124:6, Mishna Brurah 124:10,25, Vezot HaBracha pg 188</ref> | #The proper intention of the word Amen changes with the bracha. When answering Amen to [[Birchot HaMitzvah]] or [[Birchot HaNehenin]], one's intention should be to affirm the truth of the bracha and one's belief in it. When answering to Birchot HaShevach, one should have in mind that one is affirming the truth of that praise. When responding Amen to tefillot one's Amen should be a request of Hashem to fulfill that [[prayer]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 124:6, Mishna Brurah 124:10,25, Vezot HaBracha pg 188</ref> | ||
#One should not 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, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Mordechai Eliyah 6:10 </ref> | #One should not 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 O.C. 124:12, Mishna Brurah 124:47, Shevet Hakehati 6:93, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Mordechai Eliyah 6:10 </ref> | ||
#If one hears two brachot, one should answer Amen VeAmen rather than Amen Amen.<ref>Mishna Brurah 124:25</ref> | #If one hears two brachot, one should answer Amen VeAmen rather than Amen Amen.<ref>Mishna Brurah 124:25</ref> | ||
# One should respond Amen out loud, preferably as loud as the shaliach tzibbur, and not just to oneself.<ref>Rabbi Eliezer Meir Horowitz on Brachot 45a that just like it is forbidden to raise one's voice above that of the shaliach tzibur, it is forbidden to lower one's voice than that of the shaliach tzibur. Shevet Hakehati 6:93 agrees.</ref> | |||
==Common Mistakes When Answering Amen== | ==Common Mistakes When Answering Amen== | ||
