[Avodah] Borchu UVoruch Shemo between Borchu and Shmono Esreh

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

Regarding the tefilos said by the gabbai before laining, R' Richard Wolberg commented:
> I don't recall anyone ever answering omein and never
> really gave it a second thought. It's almost as if
> it's the ba'al koreh's private omein.

R' RallisW objected:
> That would be true if the sentence didn't end with
> "V'Nomar Omein."

Please note that we have almost the same phrase - "V'Imru Amen" - at the end of Oseh Shalom in both the silent Shmoneh Esreh and in Birkas Hamazon.

It seems that a private amen can indeed follow a plural verb. In fact, one could argue that the gabbai's "v'nomar" is merely a case of the "royal We", whereas "v'imru" is more clearly directed to others.

Akiva Miller