[Avodah] Rav Aviner on Amen Meals

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From:  "kennethgmiller at juno.com" _kennethgmiller at juno.com_ 
(mailto:kennethgmiller at juno.com) 

Is  this really such a new thing?

To me, it sounds extremely similar to the  practice of some men who who 
recite Birchos Hashachar out loud, which I've  been told is for the specific 
purpose of accruing zechus to the people who  answer Amen. (I'm not talking about 
the chazan, but about people who say these  brachos aloud from their seat in 
shul.)

Akiva  Miller

 
 
>>>>>
 
I believe that is also new [or new-ish]
 
I think the main impetus behind the "amen fad" was the campaign of an  
unfortunate young woman who was dying of cancer and spent her last years trying  to 
spread the message, in the hopes it would give her a zechus and a  refuah.  I 
don't remember her name but I think she wrote a book, or maybe  somebody wrote 
a book about her.
 

--Toby Katz
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