Chapter 20: 10-12
The Chazon's Repetition
10.The following rules apply if a chazon makes an error in the repetition
of the Shemoneh Esreh: Wherever an individual must repeat his prayers
because of an error, the chazon must also repeat his prayers.
There is one exception: If, the morning service of Rosh Chodesh or Chol
Hamo'ed, the chazon omitted Ya'aleh v'yovo and did not remember until he
completed his prayers, he is not required to repeat the Shemoneh Esreh
because of the difficulty it would cause the congregation. Rather, we rely
on his mention [of the uniqueness] of these days in the musaf prayers.
However, if he remembers before he completes his prayers, he returns to
R'tzeh, for this does not cause a significant difficulty for the congregation.
11.A person is obligated to recite Kedushoh together with the
congregation. Similarly, he is obligated to recite "Amen" after the
blessings ho'El haKodosh and shome'a tefilloh, and to respond to Kaddish
recited by the chazon. Similarly, one is obligated to bow at Modim together
with the congregation.*
* {Similarly, one is obligated to respond to Borchu.}
Accordingly, a person who came to the synagogue too late to be able to pray
together with the congregation, and hence must pray alone, should take care
not to recite the Shemoneh Esreh at a time when we will be prevented from
responding to the above. Rather, he should wait, respond to these prayers,
and then recite the Shemoneh Esreh. This applies provided the hour is not
late.*
* {Regarding Kedushoh, the Misgeres Hashulchon also mentions the
alternative of reciting the Shemoneh Esreh at the same time as the chazon,
and then reciting Kedushoh together with him and the congregation.}
Nevertheless, he should not wait between the blessing go'al Yisroel and the
beginning of the Shemoneh Esreh, because the two must be recited in one
continuum without an interruption between them. Therefore, he should pause
before the phrase Shiroh chadoshoh. (See also Chapter 69, Law 7.)
12.
Should a person reciting the Shemoneh Esreh alone conclude the blessing
muchayeh hameisim when the congregation recites the Kedushoh in the prayer,
Y'vo l'Tzion, or in the blessing yotzer or, he should not recite Kedushoh
together with them, for these Kedushos are not on the same level as the
Kedushoh of the Shemoneh Esreh.
However, if the congregation is reciting the Kedushoh of the musaf prayers,
even though he is reciting the Shemoneh Esreh of the morning service, he
may answer together with them. The converse also applies, since the
Kesushoh of the morning service and that of the musaf service are on the
same level.
