Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Rosh Hashanah 54:2

וכן מי שהיה עובר אחורי בית הכנסת או שהיה ביתו סמוך לבית הכנסת ושמע קול שופר או קול מגילה אם כוון לבו יצא ואם לאו לא יצא אע"פ שזה שמע וזה שמע זה כוון לבו וזה לא כוון לבו:

OR A BARREL, IF HE CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF THE SHOFAR [PURE] HE HAS PERFORMED HIS DUTY, BUT IF HE HEARS THE ECHO [ALSO], HE HAS NOT PERFORMED HIS DUTY. SIMILARLY IF ONE WAS PASSING BEHIND A SYNAGOGUE OR IF HIS HOUSE WAS ADJOINING THE SYNAGOGUE AND HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE SHOFAR OR OF THE MEGILLAH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>3</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. May a person, who, while sitting in his house, hears the congregation recite Kedushah, Barku, and Kaddish, join in the proper responses as if present in the synagogue?
A. Yes, he may.
SOURCES: Pr. 530; Wertheimer 10.
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