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[rhu]

I've noticed that some of my fellow minyan-goers have various customs of responding with words that are not in the prayer book.

For example, one person responds to "mashiv ha-ruach u-morid ha-gashem" [You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall] with "... livracha." [... for blessing.]

Another responds to each part of the priestly blessing with the usual "ken yehi ratzon" [May that be Your will] and continues "bizchut Avraham avinu" [in the merit of Abraham our father], then "bizchut Yitzchak avinu" [in the merit of Isaac our father] and finally "bizchut Yaakov avinu" [in the merit of Jacob our father].

It's got me wondering what other liturgical variations are not captured by our prayer books.

Comments

[cellio]

Do people in your minyan insert an "amein" after "yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'mei raba"? I hear that a lot and it's not in the siddurim I'm familiar with.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

That's pretty standard, and I think both Artscroll and Koren/Sacks include it.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I've had people tell me that certain "baruch sh'mo"'s that I typically put in are Wrong Because They're Not In The Artscroll.