[Avodah] amen to birkhot hashachar

[Shlomo Pick]

in referrence to:
>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.)
>I believe that is also new [or new-ish]
 
Actually the custom to answer amen is quite old, recorded in the bei yosef to the tur OH, section 6, found in the SH OH 6:4, agree to by the posekim, see shulkhan aruch harav and aruch hashulkhan ad loc.
shlomo 
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