Shaarei Gan Eden Amen and Brachos in the Teachings of a Baal Hayahrtzeit

Amen With All His Kavanah

The Rebbe Rav Moshe of Kobrin explained that the passuk (Bereishis 7:1): “Vayomer Hashem leNoach bo atah vechol beisecha el hateivah,” the Torah hinted to every Jew that when he takes the teivos, the words of tefillah out of his mouth, he must infuse them with his entire heart and thought.

The Sukkas Dovid (Bereishis ibid) notes that this is what Chazal intended (Shabbos 119b) when they said: “Anyone who answers amen with all their strength has the gates to Gan Eden opened for him.” The Tosafos there (ibid ad loc. Kol) explained that “bechol kocho” means “with all his kavanah,” meaning that when a person puts himself entirely in to the word amen, by saying it with all his powers of kavanah.