Amen – A Segulah for Finding Favor

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