<Similar to waiting for "v'imru amen"s to end before
responding "amen" (particularly before starting Musaf, where many
tend to sing the "amen" together with the chazzan.>
Why wait? "V'im hashatz ma'arich b'nigun shel 'v'imru amein'
yomru kakahal 'amein' miyad," says the Magen Avraham in 124:14.
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