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<p>In Avodah Digest V26#58, RJIR replied to RAM:<br>
>> I've heard it said that the ideal "B'rov Am Hadras Melech" is where not<br>
only the multitude gathers together to do a mitzvah in unison, but they<br>
do it via a single individual, i.e., by being yotzay together through<br>
one person's saying it. I've also heard that although this is true<br>
l'halacha, it is not viable l'maaseh: We fear that some people will not<br>
have proper kavana and will not be yotzay unless they say it themselves. <<<br>
> Yet , as you point out, we do it by areas where we need the person's act<br>
and generally someone gets up and says the shatz will have in<br>
mind....and we should all have in mind..... <<br>
And isn't the prototypical "b'rov am" stated (at least as a hava amina) by t'qiyas shofar (BT RhSh 32b), w/ Halleil also entertained as subject to the dictum and "z'rizim maqdimim" seemingly taking priority?<br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>