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"kennethgmiller@juno.com" <A
href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</A><BR><BR>Is
this really such a new thing?<BR><BR>To me, it sounds extremely similar to the
practice of some men who who recite Birchos Hashachar out loud, which I've
been told is for the specific purpose of accruing zechus to the people who
answer Amen. (I'm not talking about the chazan, but about people who say these
brachos aloud from their seat in shul.)<BR><BR>Akiva
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<DIV>I believe that is also new [or new-ish]</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the main impetus behind the "amen fad" was the campaign of an
unfortunate young woman who was dying of cancer and spent her last years trying
to spread the message, in the hopes it would give her a zechus and a
refuah. I don't remember her name but I think she wrote a book, or maybe
somebody wrote a book about her.</DIV>
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