Question:
- When one is davening for example uleini or uva litzion in shachris and kadish is being said should he stop and answer for all the amens or he should continue and stop and say amen only for yishei shmei and damiran bulma or all amens.
- As well what’s the Halacha in psekuei dzimrah regarding amen for Kaddish and for after yistabach?
Answer:
- The halachos of when we cannot answer amen etc. only apply during Pisukei D’zimra, Birkas Kriyas Sshema, Shemona Esrei, and Hallel, because then it is considered in middle of saying a long bracha. However during Ashrei uva l’tzion or Aleinu these halachos don’t apply. This doesn’t mean that we can just talk out in the middle, but regarding amen etc. it is all permitted.
- During Pesukei D’zimra we can answer amen to “Yisgadal… shei rabba”, amen before “yehei shmey”, and “d’amiron balmo vimru amen”. All of the other amens are controversial of they should be answered or not. The reason is because the end of Kaddish is only a minhag, therefore perhaps it isn’t important enough to allow talking out during Pesukei Dzimra. We don’t answer to brich hu during Pesukei D’zimra. (According to Kaf hachayim 56-29 one may answer the first five amein)
Best Wishes
Sources:
Shut Livushey Mordechai O:CH 2-10, Igros Moshe O:CH 2-16, Tzitz Eliezer 11-3, M:B 51-8 and 66-17, Ishei Yisroel 16-5 in the name of R’ S. Z. Auerbach zt”l. Also see Igros Moshe O:CH 4-14, that we don’t answer after amen after v’yatzmach pirkonei, since it is not mentioned to answer amen after it in the Rambam. Additionally he says that one may answer amen to “tiskabel tzilkoson”, and to “al Yisroel”…
