[Avodah] amen to birkhot hashachar

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From: "Shlomo Pick" _picksh at mail.biu.ac.il_ (mailto:picksh at mail.biu.ac.il) 


>I believe that is also new [or new-ish]  [--TK]

>>  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.  <<



>>>>>
 
We were not discussing the general concept of answering amen to a bracha,  
which is indeed very old, as you say.
 
We were talking about the new-fangled custom of making a  magical fetish out 
of "Amen" -- putting more stress on the amen than on the  bracha -- having 
"amen parties" and saying brachos out loud on purpose on every  possible 
occasion, so that others can respond amen loudly and often -- all with  the goal of 
achieving some kind of magical benefit, be it a refuah sheleimah, a  shidduch, a 
child for an infertile couple or whatever.
 
 


--Toby  Katz
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