[Avodah] Neglected Amens

[Elliott Shevin]

R. Akiva Miller wrote:
> I'll concede that those amens are indeed quite neglected, and probably do hold the record for it. But OTOH, there are not responses to actual brachos, and so the lack of an amen is not quite such a big deal.
 
For those cases where very few answer "amen" when the chazan says, "venomar 
amen," I'd nominate Yakum Purkan.
 > On the other hand, at least some of the fault for this must go to the chazanim. I have
> noticed that in many cases, each of the other brachos are ended on a low note, which 
> signifies the end of a paragraph, which invites the people to respond with Amen. But 
> time after time, I keep hearing "Hamachazir Shechinaso L'Tziyon!" ending on a *high* 
> note, which invites the people to continue with "Modim".
Even worse are the chazanim who finish "Hamachazir Shechinaso L'Tziyon!" and 
without taking a breath dive (almost literally) into Modim, without giving the 
tzibur room to answer.
 
Elly
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