Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 221:1
מאי אמן א"ר חנינא אל מלך נאמן
What is the meaning of Amen?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When one responds 'Amen' after a benediction, how does it suggest ascent thereto and the acceptance of God's yoke? ');"><sup>1</sup></span> — R. Hanina said: God, faithful, King.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] is an abbreviation of [H]. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. V, 15. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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