When Amein Should Not Be Said - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith

1. The source and importance of saying amein 2. The problem of saying amein to one’s own bracha 3. Can the amein also be a hefsek 4. Understanding why saying amein on one’s bracha in מגונה. 5. Finishing saying a bracha and heard someone else completing a bracha. 6. When can someone answer amein to his own bracha. 7. The amein said after ברחמיו בונה in bentching 8. The minhag of answering amein after לעד ישראל עמו שומר .etc ברוך שאמר, ישתבח, הלל to amein Answering 9. 10. קורא בעל who received an ה-עלי and mistakenly said amein to his own bracha 11. Saying amein to someone’s bracha if the listener said a word in between