Birchos Hashachar from a Few People

Shaarei Gan Eden

Amen and Brachos in the Teachings of a Baal Hayahrtzeit

The Aderes testified of himself that already from childhood, he had a special fondness for answering amen and that is why he was strict each day to hear Birchos Hashachar from a number of people. He wrote in his sefer Nefesh Dovid (23):

"I was very, very careful regarding answering amen, still from childhood, and I love this mitzvah and run fondly to do it, until it has become almost like nature to me, and I have become accustomed each day to hearing Birchos Hashachar from several people. And anyone who sees me should learn from me to do likewise to love answering amen, a mitzvah that at first people were lax about and did not deem it important. And how can it be minor when we see how Chazal have praised it?! And in this easy way, each person can acquire for himself Olam Haba, to fulfill the mitzvos in the hundreds, each day, easily and without tiring."