Shaarei Gan Eden
In his commentary on Tanach, Rav Moshe Dovid Vali mentions in many places the lofty virtue of answering amen and the hashpa’os and tikkunim that are caused by it, both according to Torahs Hasod and according to Nigleh. Following are a few of the holy things he wrote:
Boundless Blessings
The passuk (Mishlei 28:20) says “ish emunos rav brachos,” to teach that a person who is strict to answer amen brings upon himself many brachos and good hashpa’os from the power of the holy Names alluded to in the gematriah of the word אמן (Rav M.D. Vali ibid). This is also what the passuk alludes to (Yeshayah ארובות ממרום“ ,)24:18 נפתחו” – whose acronym is amen. (Rav M.D. Vali ibid)
The Secret of Amen Is Answering Amen Is Like Sacrificing a Korban
In the Torah, a korban is often called “isheh” because it is sacrificed on the fire (אש) of the mizbe’ach. With many of the korbanos, they would also bring a minchah and nesachim. So the acronym of אשה, מנחה, נסך is amen, alluding that the yichud that is done through the korbanos is like the yichud that is done through answering amen. (Rav M.D. Vali, Bamidbar 28:7)
The Secret of the Existence of the Nations of the World
Regarding the passuk (Yirmiyahu אל דרך עמדי וצפי יושבת ערוער“ :)48:19 ” Ravשאלי נא ונמלטה אמרי מה נהיתה Moshe Dovid explained that the אמרי מה נהיתה acronym of the words is amen, to say that even yosheves aro’er and the other nations of the world will hold onto answering amen, because without it, they will have no way to exist. He wrote: “And that is the reason why also the Christians say amen in the their prayers, in the sod of ‘the bad angel answers amen against his will.’ To indicate that the holy Yichud is everything, and everything is contingent on it, and there is no one else who hears and rescues. Because even without knowing, it will be effective for them for their continued existence, and if they did not say it, they would not exist even one day...”
