[Avodah] [Areivim] Answering Amen (Was Brochot at the Chuppa

[I. Balbin]

> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:41:03 -0500
> From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine at stevens.edu>
> Subject: [Areivim] Answering Amen (Was Brochot at the Chuppa
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> Since then I am often in doubt when some Israelis or a "real" Sefardi
> daven for the Amud. Should I answer Amen or not? Usually I do not
> answer Amen.

Apart from Rav Ovadya who I am pretty sure has a Tshuva on this, if I  
recall the first Tshuva in Heichal Yitzchak from HaRav Herzog z"l  
discusses this. Rav Herzog can certainly be relied on. Others who  
agree include Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank.  If I recall correctly, Rav  
Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv and I forget the third person) used to  
go to Rav Herzog every Friday morning for a Chaburah. He was a huge  
Talmid Chacham. Some think that when it's said with a Patach sound  
that it's plural. Others say it's always plural anyway.