[Avodah] Borchu UVoruch Shemo between Borchu and Shmono Esreh

[Jonathan Baker]

RJR:
>Rmi:
>> I do not know why RYBS recommended saying the berakhah with the Chazan,
>> to avoid having to think about not wanting to be yotzei a mitzvah. Why
>> didn't he simply suggest answering BHUBS, and thereby not be yotzei?
 
> Iiuc he didn't answer bhbs to any brachot(minhag hagra?)

According to R' Bezalel Naor, the Gra opposed saying "BHUBS" because
missing the vav of "uvaruch" made the gematria of the phrase 814,
which is Shabtai Tzvi.  So he found ways to avoid saying it.  Perhaps
the Briskers (and RYBS) picked up on this aversion to BHUBS, even if
the original reason had since gone away?

And what is the significance of just saying "br'shmo", which seems to
be the most commmon way BHUBS is actually pronounced?

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