[Avodah] Borchu UVoruch Shemo between Borchu and Shmono Esreh

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, November 19, 2007 11:01 am, R Gershon Dubin wrote:
: From: RallisW at aol.com
: <<BTW What is the most neglected Omein in Tefilloh? Either V'aazor or
: V'Sigoleh and the following ...vnomar Omein before Krias HaTorah>>
:
: Any omein before a tefila, such as:
...
: omein,  Hallel
...

My father taught me to avoid saying "amein" to the birkhas hamitzvah
on Hallel, or on birkhos hamitzvos that one plans on making oneself.
Something he learned from RYBS.

Why aren't you yotzei the chazan's berakhah? You couldn't be, or else
your berakhah is levatalah? Mitvos einum tzerikhos kavanah, so you
can't rely on not intending to be yotzei. Rather, to avoid being
yotzei, one must have negative kavanah in mind -- specific intent not
to be yotzei.

Who wants to practice such negative kavanos? Better to say the
berakhah with the chazan and avoid the issue.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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