Amen – A Segulah for Finding Favor
נא אל בעיניך חן מצאתי נא אם...ויאמר” (ג יח) “עבדך מעל תעבר
Harav Noach Gad Weintraub explained:
The acronym of אם נא מצאתי is amen [and the words אם נא also contain the word amen]. Thus, the Torah alludes that one who is strict to answer amen merits to find favor in the eyes of Hashem, even if he sinned, chalilah. As Chazal say (Tikkunei Zohar 40 1): “One who answers amen with all his strength has a decree of seventy years torn up.”
Some explain this passuk as a directive for generations: “Vayomer A-doni” – when you hear a person making a brachah beShem Hashem ”אם נא מצאתי“ , – answer amen after him.
Noam Chein [Rav N.G. Weintraub] p. 5; Vayisyaldu Al Mishpechosam p. 295
Completing Meah Brachos on Shabbos
‘ה בשם שם ויקרא שבע בבאר אשל ויטע” (לג כא) “עולם ל-א
Harav Asher Anschel Jungreis, the Rav of Gyongyos, Hungary:
During the six days of the week, a person can easily reach the quota of 100 brachos, but on Shabbos, when he is 20 brachos short (see Bais Yosef, Orach Chaim 46) Chazal say (Menachos 43b) that he is able to complete them by reciting brachos on eating fruits and other confections.
We can say that this is why Avraham planted an אשל so – ויקרא שם בשם ה‘ א-ל עולם that through the brachah on its fruits, they could complete the brachos that were missing on Shabbos. We can bring an allusion to this from the fact that the word שבע is an acronym for עשרים ברכות .שבת
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