- Q. Dear Rabeinu. As the Rov knows my elderly father has already trouble speaking. Can he count Sefira when his voice is hardly heard? How loud does it have to be for him to comply with the mitzva? Can we place a small speaking amplifier he often uses to communicate when he counts?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 62:3 rules that in order to comply with the Mitzva of Krias Shema it is not enough to just move ones lips, but actually to provide some sound that could be heard.
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a maintains that after the fact, even if it can be heard slightly by one close without any amplifiers one complies with the readings or sayings.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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